Dr. Mudit Tyagi

L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad

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Dr. Mudit Tyagi completed his residency training from BJ Medical College , Ahmedabad in 2010 and then a Vitreoretinal fellowship from L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad in 2012. At present he is a consultant in Smt. Kanuri Santhamma center for Vitreo retinal diseases and in Uveitis Services at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. His areas of interest are VKH, Ocular Syphilis and Ocular inflammation ,complex Vitreoretinal surgeries ,endoscopic retinal surgery, vitreoretinal surgeries in uveitic disorders , imaging in Uveitis and posterior uveitis. He has various publications in national and international journals and has also been a recepient of honours and achievement awards at the American Society of Retina specialists and best surgical video awards in European Retina Society.

  1. Articles 1 Apr 2021 20 min read

    Ocular Syphilis

    Introduction: Syphilis is considered as a great mimicker due to its varied protean manifestations. It was first recognized in Europe in the late 15th century.[1] There have been several hypotheses regarding the origin and spread of syphilis and it is believed that the disease was brought back from the New World by the crew of Christopher Columbus, some of whom likely had syphilis on returning to Spain. Since the advent of Penicillin in the mid-20th century, the incidence of syphilis has reduced however it still represents a larger global problem [2] and an estimated 12 million new cases of syphilis are added every year worldwide and more than 90% are from developing countries.[3] The risk is particularly higher in men who have sex with men (MSM) and socially marginalized groups and those with HIV Co-infection.[4] The 2015 statistics from The Center for disease control and prevention (CDC) reported a 7.5 per 100,000 population of primary and secondary syphilis. (4). There has been a rec

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