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ArticleBMC ophthalmology2016

Intravitreal dexamethasone implants for the treatment of refractory scleritis combined with uveitis in adult-onset Still's disease: a case report.

Seong Joon Ahn, Sun Jin Hwang, Byung Ro Lee

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Article in BMC ophthalmology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Seong Joon AhnDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hanyang University Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 133-792, South Korea.
Sun Jin HwangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hanyang University Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 133-792, South Korea.
Byung Ro LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hanyang University Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 133-792, South Korea. brlee@hanyang.ac.kr.
Hanyang University Seoul Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdult-onset Still's disease is a systemic inflammatory disease which presents with uveitis and scleritis in the eye. Intravitreal dexamethasone implants are used for the treatment of refractory uveitis. CASE PRESENTATION: A 19-year-old woman diagnosed to have adult-onset Still's disease for fevers, joint pain, and a salmon-colored bumpy rash presented with scleritis and uveitis in the left eye. Topical and systemic steroids with oral methotrexate failed to control the inflammation. We performed intravitreal injections of dexamethasone implants for side effects of steroid and refractory ocular inflammation. The therapy resulted in improvements in the patient's uveitis with reductions in scleral vessel engorgement and redness. There was no recurrence of uveitis or scleritis during 4 months following treatment.

conclusionsIntravitreal injections of dexamethasone implants may result in clinical improvements of refractory scleritis combined with uveitis.

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DexamethasoneDrug ImplantsFemaleGlucocorticoidsHumansIntravitreal InjectionsScleritisStill's Disease, Adult-OnsetTreatment OutcomeUveitisYoung AdultDexamethasoneDrug ImplantsGlucocorticoidsAdult-onset Still’s diseaseCase reportDexamethasone implantsIntravitreal injectionScleritisUveitis

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PMID27825329
PMCPMC5101714
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