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Arch Ophthalmol. 2000;118:424.

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The number of microscopical examinations of eyes with syphilitic disease is not large. Besides some short reports by J. Hutchinson, Bader, Klebs, Furstner, and Pagenstecher, I have found the following accounts in the literature: Edmunds and Brailey make the following summary statement as to syphilis of the interior of the eye: The choroidal vessels seem not to be altered, while those of the retina, both in acquired and congenital syphilis, are thickened, probably from inflammatory processes.

Reference: Nagel G. The examination of two cases of old specific chorio-retinitis. Arch Ophthalmol. 1900;29:514.