| Autor: |
Emilio Dorronzoro, Ramírez, Juan Jacobo, Guijarro González, Rosario García, Vicuña |
| Rok vydání: |
2014 |
| Zdroj: |
Retinal casesbrief reports. 6(2) |
| ISSN: |
1935-1089 |
| Popis: |
A clinical case of a postoperative sympathetic ophthalmia is presented and its response to the monoclonal antibody infliximab.A 61-year-old woman.The treatment with prednisone, cyclosporine, azathioprine, and mycophenolate mofetil did not completely control the loss of visual acuity caused by the disease. Monthly intravenous infusions of infliximab (5 mg/kg) significantly improved the condition of the patient, allowing the cyclosporine and azathioprine to be withdrawn and the prednisone to be reduced to 10 mg/d.The use of the immunosuppressive drug infliximab in combination with prednisone improved the prognosis of a patient suffering from sympathetic ophthalmia. The reported effectiveness of infliximab in the treatment of T lymphocyte-mediated diseases suggests that it could be used earlier in cases of sympathetic ophthalmia when treatment with corticosteroids must be shortened. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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