Long-term, drug-free remission of sympathetic ophthalmia with high-dose, short-term chlorambucil therapy.

Objective: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of short-term, high-dose chlorambucil therapy in achieving long-term, drug-free remission in the treatment of sympathetic ophthalmia (SO).

Design: Retrospective case series.

Participants: Sixteen patients with SO treated with high-dose, short-term chlorambucil therapy between 1970 and 2010.

Superficial retinal precipitates in patients with syphilitic retinitis.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the occurrence of superficial retinal precipitates in patients with syphilitic retinitis.

Methods: This was a retrospective, observational case series of nine eyes of eight patients with syphilitic retinitis associated with superficial retinal precipitates. The clinical, photographic, angiographic, and laboratory records were reviewed.

Subretinal abscess due to Nocardia farcinica resistant to trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Purpose: To report a case of subretinal abscess due to Nocardia farcinica resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus on immunosuppressive therapy.

Design: Observational case report.

Methods: We retrospectively studied the medical record of a patient with nocardiosis.