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Case Report
Volume 000, Number 000, October 2025, pages 000-000
Ocular Syphilis in an Immunocompetent Patient: Through the Lens
Table
| Age/sex | Symptoms | Stage of diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; M: male. | |||
| Nwaobi et al, 2023 [12] | 46/M | Presented with vision loss in left eye and erythematous rash | Secondary syphilis stage |
| Paulraj et al, 2020 [13] | 53/M | Presented with blurred vision in both eyes | Secondary syphilis |
| Kautz et al, 2024 [14] | 27/M; 47/M; 52/M; 43/M | Case series of 4 patients presented with floaters, blurry vision and central vision loss | Latent syphilis |
| Xu et al, 2022 [6] | Case series with 16 HIV negative cases, median age 51, 7 males and 9 females | Visual acuity loss, blindness, blepharoptosis, blurred vision | 3 cases were in the early syphilis stage, 4 cases of late syphilis, and 10 cases of an unidentified stage |
| Jahnke et al, 2021 [15] | Case series of four patients with 2 HIV-negative 27/M; 53/M | Diplopia, vertigo, and headache and left eye vision loss | 1 case in primary syphilis stage, 1 case in tertiary stage, 1 case in secondary stage, 1 case in unidentified stage |
| Koksali et al, 2023 [16] | Case series of 10 patients with 8 of them HIV-negative | Vision loss | 1 case in primary syphilis, 4 cases in secondary syphilis stage, 5 cases in latent syphilis stage |
| Kabanovski et al, 2022 [17] | Case series of 4 HIV-negative patients, median age of 43, with 2 males and 2 females | Photopsia, vision loss, blurry vision | 2 cases in the secondary syphilis stage and 2 cases in an unidentified stage |