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Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep
March 2022
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, San Juan, PR, USA.
Purpose: To report on a case of successful treatment of intraocular inflammation (IOI) secondary to brolucizumab intravitreal injection that responded to a single sub-Tenon injection of triamcinolone.
Observations: An 81-year-old female with a longstanding history of exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was unresponsive to various regimens of -VEGF injections. Her AMD was treated with one intravitreal injection of brolucizumab (6mg/0.
J Int Med Res
March 2021
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spine Centre, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
A case of myelitis following Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease is reported, in which diagnosis and treatment were delayed. A 43-year-old male patient diagnosed with VKH disease presented at the Spine Centre of Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea, with motor weakness, sensory deficit in both lower extremities, and dysuria for the previous 3 months. VKH disease had been diagnosed 15 months previously, based on vision loss in both eyes and the presence of bilateral nontraumatic granulomatous iridocyclitis, exudates, and retinal oedema.
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September 2020
Department of Vitreo-Retinal Disease, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
A 68-year-old man presented with diminution of distance and near vision in the right eye for a duration of 1 month postblunt trauma with a stick. On examination, his visual acuity in the right eye was 20/320 and near vision was
BMC Nephrol
July 2020
Department of Nephrology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Background: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome is a rare disease characterized by skin and eyelash bleaching, chronic granulomatous iridocyclitis and exudative retinal detachment, and aseptic meningitis and encephalopathy. IgA nephropathy complicated by Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome is very rare, even though they might have similar pathogeneses. Ocular lesions often are not examined when patients are diagnosed with IgA nephropathy, which affects the prognosis.
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May 2019
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Background: Adalimumab, a human anti-tumor necrosis factor-ɑ monoclonal antibody, was recently reported to be effective in lowering the risk of recurrence of noninfectious uveitis. This is the first case series of adalimumab administrations for relentless placoid chorioretinitis (RPC) patients.
Case Presentation: We report 2 cases of RPC where successful treatments were achieved with adalimumab.
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