A Case of Congenital Syphilitic Interstitial Keratitis. |
Soung Soo Park |
Department of Ophthalmology, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Korea. |
선천성 매독성 각막실질염 1예 |
박성수(Sung Soo Park) |
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Abstract |
The authors experienced one case of interstitial keratitis due to congenital syphilis, which showed interstitial keratitis, positive serologic test for syphilis(VDRL) and typical Hutchinson's teeth but no deafness. Syphilitic interstitial keratitis is characterized by wide spread infiltrative inflammation of corneal stroma. chronic course and benign tendency. A brief review and relating literatures are presented. |
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