Repeated intravitreal triamcinolone injections in Behçet disease that is resistant to conventional therapy: one-year results.

Purpose: To determine whether repeated intravitreal triamcinolone (IVTA) injections in patients with Behçet disease that is resistant to conventional therapy will prevent recurrences of uveitis.

Design: Prospective preliminary clinical trial.

Methods: Nine eyes of five patients with Behçet disease with sight-threatening uveitis that was resistant to conventional therapy received repeated IVTA injections.

Evaluation of pulse corticosteroid therapy for vogt-koyanagi-harada disease assessed by optical coherence tomography.

Purpose: To evaluate the rapid effects of pulse corticosteroid therapy on the serous retinal detachment found at the acute phase of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.

Design: Interventional case series.

Methods: Nine Japanese patients determined to be at the acute phase of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease with serous retinal detachment were treated with pulse corticosteroid therapy.