Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis in patients with unexplained chronic uveitis.

abstract：:Purpose: To analyse the association between skin score with corneal biomechanics and dry eye tests in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods: 112 cases (limited SSc (lcSSc), n=50; diffuse SSc  (dcSSc), n=32; controls, n=30) were included in the study. Corneal hysteresis (CH), corneal resistance factor (CRF), Schirmer 1, 2 ...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Ayhan Z,Kaya M,Ozturk T,Arikan G,Birlik M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports have shown that dry eye in Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is associated with reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in lacrimal glands. However, the number of patients examined were few and it has not been determined whether dry eye in the absence of SS is also related to EBV reactivation. The authors exam...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Toda I,Ono M,Fujishima H,Tsubota K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Anterior uveitis is the most common anatomic subset of uveitis. We developed a novel multi-parametric flow cytometry panel to identify immune dysregulation signatures in HLA B27-associated acute anterior uveitis (AAU) and axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA).Methods: We used fluorescence activated cell sorting to ...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Huang JC,Schleisman M,Choi D,Mitchell C,Watson L,Asquith M,Rosenbaum JT

更新日期：2019-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To review early withdrawal of immunomodulatory therapy (IMT) for birdshot retinochoroidopathy (BSRC). Design: Retrospective case-series of sixteen patients with Human-leukocyte-antigen-A29-positive BSRC treated with IMT ≥ 1 year and discontinued prior to achieving durable remission, observed ≥ 6 months off IM...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： You C,Meese H,Stephenson A,Montieth A,Ma L,Hernandez M,Kubaisi B,Syeda S,Foster CS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present a case of autoimmune retinopathy resulting from a mutation in the autoimmune regulator (AIRE) gene. DESIGN:Case study. METHODS:Case review. RESULTS:Mild improvement of goldmann visual field following treatment with systemic and local immunosuppression. CONCLUSIONS:There are a limited number of ca...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Breunig A,Lee MS,Miller BS,Binstadt BA,Anderson MS,Montezuma S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Rapid and timely diagnosis of tubercular uveitis (TBU) is of paramount importance to save these eyes from blindness. The present study was, therefore, undertaken to carry out a comparative evaluation of Gene Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert), MTBDRplus and Multiplex PCR (MPCR) for the diagnosis of TBU. These tests wer...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Sharma K,Gupta A,Sharma M,Sharma A,Bansal R,Sharma SP,Singh RD,Gupta V

更新日期：2019-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the long-term efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in uveitic cystoid macular edema (CMO). METHODS:Thirty-eight uveitis patients with CMO treated with MMF with a follow-up of at least 5 years were analyzed. The patients were divided into two groups: group A, 24 patients with CMO that had occurred ...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Doycheva D,Zierhut M,Blumenstock G,Stuebiger N,Deuter C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the contamination rate between 27-gauge and 30-guage needles used for intravitreal injection (IVT). METHODS:Patients undergoing IVT injections were enrolled prospectively. Injections were performed with 27- or 30-gauge needles. All needle tips were collected and placed in brain-heart infusion broth....

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Tufan HA,Vural A,Gencer B,Kara S,Arikan S,Yuksel E

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose:: Fungal endophthalmitis following pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil tamponade is an infrequent entity. Filamentous fungi like aspergillus are generally associated with endophthalmitis. Mucor is a rarely implicated pathogen in cases of endophthalmitis with only two reported cases in medical literature. B...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Dogra M,Bhutani G,Gupta V

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare Behçet uveitis patients who presented in the 1990s and 2000s. METHODS:Records of 170 patients seen in 1990-1994 and 258 patients seen in 2000-2004 were reviewed. Presenting features were analyzed in the whole cohort. Uveitis attacks, vision, complications, and immunomodulatory treatment (IMT) were c...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Cingu AK,Onal S,Urgancioglu M,Tugal-Tutkun I

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To report 2 cases of idiopathic anterior uveitis with coexistent myasthenia gravis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Retrospective case reports. RESULTS:A 60-year-old male and a 40-year-old male presented with chronic nongranulomatous anterior uveitis of unknown etiology. The latter had a history of hypothyroidism. During f...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Babu K,Mukhopadhyay M,Murthy KR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To describe tuberculous uveitis (TU) presenting as a bullous retinal detachment (RD) and to perform a comprehensive literature review on TU with similar features. Methods: Observational case report and systematic literature review. Results: An 84-year-old woman presented with bilateral granulomatous uveitis a...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Song JH,Koreishi AF,Goldstein DA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To assess changes in aqueous humor (AH) levels of cytokines following dexamethasone intravitreal implant (DEX) injection for diabetic macular edema (DME).Methods: Sixteen DME and cataract cases series study. Anterior chamber AH sampling was performed at baseline at DEX injection time (T1), cataract surgery 8 ...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Figueras-Roca M,Sala-Puigdollers A,Alforja S,Torras J,Peraza-Nieves J,Zarranz-Ventura J,Adan Civera A,Molins B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the formation of a retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) tear following immunosuppressive treatment of a large choroidal granuloma in a patient with sarcoidosis-related panuveitis. METHODS:A 25-year-old woman presented with bilateral sarcoidosis-related panuveitis and optic disc edema in both eyes with ...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Knickelbein JE,Wei M,Nussenblatt RB,Sen HN

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate clinical findings and ocular characteristics of sterile endophthalmitis following intravitreal injection (IVI) of triamcinolone for the treatment of macular edema. METHODS:IVI is an institutional practice at our hospital. From March 2002 to January 2003, a total of 21 IVIs of triamcinolone aceto...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Wang LC,Yang CM

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To report a case of chronic anterior uveitis associated with relapsing polychondritis (RP).Case Report: A 43-year-old female patient presenting with bilateral progressive vision loss was diagnosed with bilateral anterior uveitis. According to her clinical signs and symptoms and biopsy results, RP was ultimate...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Wei Y,Chi Y,Fang Y,Wu D,Qiao R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Investigate the efficacy of intravitreal adalimumab in breakthrough panuveitis in patients on systemic adalimumab for more than 3 months. METHODS:Retrospective study of patients on systemic adalimumab with breakthrough panuveitis requiring intravitreal adalimumab therapy. RESULTS:Seven eyes of four patients w...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Kheir WJ,Mehanna CJ,Abdul Fattah M,Al Ghadban S,El Sabban M,Mansour AM,Hamam RN

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose : To clarify whether a true neuroretinitis is part of  idiopathic retinal vasculitis, aneurysms, and neuroretinitis (IRVAN) syndrome.Methods : Critical literature review.Results : Neuroretinitis has been considered as a prominent feature of IRVAN syndrome. It has been described as late diffuse optic  disc stai...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Khairallah M,Khochtali S,Ksiaa I

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a case of sympathetic ophthalmia following vitrectomy for endophthalmitis after an intravitreal injection of bevacizumab. DESIGN:Retrospective case report. METHODS:An 84-year-old male developed sympathetic ophthalmia 4 months after vitrectomy for endophthalmitis following an intravitreal injection...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Sisk RA,Davis JL,Dubovy SR,Smiddy WE

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate demographic, clinical features and complications of Italian patients with ocular Behçet's disease (BD) over time. METHODS:Retrospective study of 385 patients examined from 1968 to 2011, 265 of whom had follow-up ≥ 12 months. RESULTS:A significant increase in the proportion of females (p = 0.03)...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Accorinti M,Pesci FR,Pirraglia MP,Abicca I,Pivetti-Pezzi P

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of ocular manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in patients treated at a tertiary referral center in Taiwan during a time of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) Materials and Methods: A retrospect...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Tsen CL,Chen YS,Wu KS,Tsai HC,Chen YH,Lee YY,Sheu SJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the prevalence of ocular involvement in patients with acute disseminated tuberculosis and to assess the findings associated with ocular involvement. METHODS:Assessment of all intensive care (ICU) admissions with a differential diagnosis of mycobacterial sepsis during a period of one year, with a d...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Mehta S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of subretinal fibrosis and uveitis syndrome in association with ectodermal dysplasia. METHODS:Chart review of a patient with subretinal fibrosis and uveitis syndrome and ectodermal dysplasia. RESULTS:The authors identified one case of a patient with the diagnoses of subretinal fibrosis and uv...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Huffman RI,Huang JJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe whole-body 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed radiographic tomography (PET-CT) imaging of ophthalmic patients with systemic sarcoidosis. METHODS:Four systemic sarcoidosis patients were evaluated with PET-CT for staging. Two had been treated for conjunctival melanoma a...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Shulman JP,Latkany P,Chin KJ,Finger PT

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of ocular Gnathostomiasis presenting as branch retinal artery occlusion. METHOD:Observational case report. RESULT:A 22-year-old Asian woman presented to her ophthalmologist with redness, tearing, and decreased vision in her left eye. Examination revealed anterior uveitis and branch retinal ar...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Agarwal M,Rajendran V,Biswas J,Cunningham ET Jr

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of bilateral tuberculous uveitis associated with tuberculin skin testing (TST) in an otherwise healthy junior high school student. A 12-year-old boy presented with severely decreased vision in both eyes and a history of an intradermal PPD (purified protein derivative) skin test 12 days earlier. T...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Zhao H,Peng X

更新日期：2020-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Anterior uveitis is far more common than intermediate, posterior or panuveitis. About 50% of patients with acute anterior uveitis are HLA B27+. Those who are HLA B27+ are highly likely to have associated back, joint, or tendon disease. The majority of patients with acute anterior uveitis and inflammatory low back pain...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Rosenbaum JT

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To compare vessel density (VD) as measured by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), in uveitic eyes with secondary glaucoma (UG) with VD in uveitic eyes without glaucoma (UV), eyes with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), and healthy eyes (HY). Methods: VD was measured at the following segmentation...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Lommatzsch C,Bauermann P,Heimes-Bussmann B,Nolte C,Heinz C

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To report the clinical features and treatment outcomes in immunocompetent patients with anterior segment inflammation (ASI) related to human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) depending on their ethnic origin. Material and Methods: Multicenter retrospective study of 38 patients with at least one test, either HCMV-posit...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Leleu I,Jhanji V,Touhami S,Westcott M,Angi M,Titah C,Rousseau A,Hamard P,Brasnu E,Manicom T,Blumen-Ohana E,Rozenberg F,Vauloup-Fellous C,Deback C,Labetoulle M,Sahel JA,Bodaghi B,Merabet L,Kobal A,Brignole-Baudouin F

更新日期：2019-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review a case of bilateral diffuse chorioretinopathy as a presenting sign of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) and review the literature regarding retinal manifestations associated with this disease. METHODS:Review of case record and literature regarding retinal manifestations related to juvenile dermatomyosit...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Choi RY,Swan RJ,Hersh A,Vitale AT

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00