Topical Cortisone in Syphilitic Interstitial Keratitis* Review of Twenty-three Cases (29 Eyes)

Topical cortisone in syphilitic interstitial keratitis; review of twenty-three cases (29 eyes).

(1) Ignorance of its Value.-This has led to scepticism of good results that have been reported. (2) Contradictory Verdicts on its Value in the Literature.-Two years ago Woods (presumably representing American opinion) wrote that " syphilologists and ophthalmologists doubt whether cortisone therapy in interstitial keratitis is a justifiable procedure " (Woods, 1 952a). Also in America Purnell an...

Topical cortisone in the treatment of syphilitic interstitial keratitis; preliminary report of 20 cases (26 eyes).

THE majority of the reports which have been published on the treatment of syphilitic interstitial keratitis with topical cortisone have been concerned only with the more or less immediate effects of the hormone, and very few cases observed for more than about a year have been included. The reports have been conflicting, some authors obtaining excellent results, and others mediocre or poor resul...

Results of local cortisone therapy in syphilitic interstitial keratitis.

CORTISONE in syphilis of the eye.

The therapeutic successes scored by arsphenamine, bismuth compounds, and penicillin against syphilis in general have been offset by a relative failure in the management of two late complications which affect the eye. These two conditions -syphilitic optic atrophy and interstitial keratitisare still too common and still cause much individual suffering and disability as a result of impaired visio...

Glaucoma and Inactive Syphilitic Interstitial Keratitis.

THE concept of an association between congenital syphilitic interstitial keratitis and the development of late glaucoma is not new. Hutchinson (1863) reported the case of a man aged 24 with congenital syphilis who had suffered bilateral interstitial keratitis at the age of 6; both eyes had deeply cupped and atrophic optic discs and iridectomy failed to control the glaucoma. Hutchinson believed ...