Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1980;21(3):323-327.
Published online March 1, 1980.
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)
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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