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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2604-1227</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de oftalmología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. oftalmol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2604-1227</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Oftalmología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2604-12272021000400171</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/rmo.m21000170</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Escleritis nodular por neurosífilis en paciente inmunocompetente. Reporte de caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Nodular scleritis caused by neurosyphilis in an immunocompetent patient. Case report]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Paulo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José D.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gómez-Suárez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isabel C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Montoya-Carrasquilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Diana C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Antioquía  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Departamento de Oftalmología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>95</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>171</fpage>
<lpage>174</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2604-12272021000400171&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2604-12272021000400171&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2604-12272021000400171&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Caso clínico: Mujer de 59 años con escleritis nodular en quien, al no tener respuesta al tratamiento con antiinflamatorios no esteroideos orales y corticoide oral y tópico, se ordenaron estudios paraclínicos que mostraron VDRL reactivo en 32 dls y FTA ABS en suero reactivo. Se realizó punción lumbar que evidenció pleocitosis. Con este resultado se diagnosticó escleritis nodular secundaria a neurosífilis y se inició tratamiento con penicilina intravenosa, con lo cual se obtuvo mejoría del cuadro clínico.  Discusión: El compromiso escleral por sífilis es poco común, y menos aún si es la única manifestación ocular; sumado a esto, la mayoría de los reportes de escleritis como manifestación de sífilis se han descrito en personas con infección por el VIH, a diferencia del presente caso, en el cual no hay inmunocompromiso y la serología para el VIH fue negativa.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Case report: A 59-year-old woman with nodular scleritis without improvement after oral treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and oral and topical corticosteroids. Tests were performed finding reactive VDRL in 32 dls and reactive FTA-ABS. A lumbar puncture evidenced pleocytosis. Nodular scleritis secondary to neurosyphilis was diagnosed and treatment with intravenous penicillin was initiated, showing improvement of scleral inflammation.  Discussion: Scleritis due to syphilis is uncommon, and even more so if it is the only ocular manifestation. In addition, most reports of scleritis as a manifestation of syphilis have been described in people with HIV infection, but our patient was not immunocompromised, and HIV serology was negative.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Esclera]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Sífilis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Enfermedades de la esclera]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Uveítis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Inflamación ocular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Sclera]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Syphilis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Scleral diseases]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Uveitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ocular inflammation]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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