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Acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis

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Fig. 1: The figure shows fluorescence angiography and spectral-domain optical coherence tomographic of a 56-year-old woman diagnosed with acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis in the right eye.

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Jin Qian, Hua Wang.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Baoshan District Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai, China

    Jin Qian

  2. Department of Rehabilitation, Nanjing Lishui People’s Hospital, Zhongda Hospital Lishui branch, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

    Hua Wang

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Nanjing Lishui People’s Hospital, Zhongda Hospital Lishui branch, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

    Bangtao Yao

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Jin Qian wrote the manuscript; Hua Wang edited the manuscript; Bangtao Yao established the diagnosis and reviewed the manuscript; Jin Qian and Hua Wang contributed equally to this work, and should be regarded as co-first authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Qian, J., Wang, H. & Yao, B. Acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis. Eye (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-025-03933-9

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