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Abstract #50543 Published in IGR 14-2

Trabeculotomy in a Behçet's Disease Patient One Week after Infliximab Administration

Koike A; Handa T; Zako M
Case Reports in Ophthalmology 2012; 3: 151-155


PURPOSE: To describe a patient with Behçet's disease and anterior uveitis, which was not cured by local and systemic corticosteroid treatments, who underwent trabeculotomy one week after infliximab administration. METHODS: The patient received preoperative antibiotic therapy followed by trabeculotomy one week after infliximab administration. We observed ocular findings before and after surgery. RESULTS: Anterior uveitis improved after infliximab administration. The elevated intraocular pressure improved after surgery and there were no intraoperative complications. Neither ocular inflammatory attacks nor infectious complications were found in the operated eye of the patient during follow-up. CONCLUSION: Trabeculotomy one week after administration of infliximab appears to be safe and effective in treating secondary glaucoma associated with Behçet's disease.

Department of Ophthalmology, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan.

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Classification:

9.4.6 Glaucomas associated with inflammation, uveitis (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders)
11.15 Other drugs in relation to glaucoma (Part of: 11 Medical treatment)
12.9 Trabeculotomy, goniotomy (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment)



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