Catalog

Late syphilitic episcleritis

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Late syphilitic episcleritis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/894220791

This is a late, sexually transmitted infection caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. This diagnosis is with a benign, self-limiting inflammatory disease affecting part of the eye called the episclera.