Effective treatment of refractory sympathetic ophthalmia with glaucoma using adalimumab

Purpose: Sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) is an autoimmune, bilateral, granulomatous panuveitis, which occurs following penetrating eye injury or eye surgery. We report two cases of refractory SO in patients with a history of trabeculectomy, which were treated effectively with adalimumab. Observations: C...

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Main Authors: Tomona Hiyama, Yosuke Harada, Yoshiaki Kiuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451993618301257