• Title of article

    Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide for Choroidal Granuloma in arcoidoi

  • Author/Authors

    Wai Man Chan، نويسنده , , Etrian Lim، نويسنده , , David T.L. Liu، نويسنده , , Ricky W.K. Law، نويسنده , , Denni .C. Lam، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    1116
  • To page
    1118
  • Abstract
    Purpoe To report the clinical coure of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide on choroidal granuloma econdary to arcoidoi that wa refractory to ytemic predniolone Deign Interventional cae report. Method A 29-year-old Chinee man with arcoidoi preented with iolated poterior egment involvement in hi left eye a retinal periphlebiti, retinal granuloma, and choroidal granuloma. Retinal periphlebiti and retinal granuloma reponded well to oral corticoteroid but not the choroidal granuloma. It gradually grew in ize and caued a drop in left-eye viion to 20/70. Intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (4 mg) wa injected three time in total. Reult The choroidal ma began to hrink in ize after the econd injection and completely regreed after the third. The choroidal granuloma became a car, with no angiographic leakage. The patient’ viual acuity improved and remained table at 20/40 at the lat follow-up, 6 month after the lat injection. Concluion Given the encouraging reult, further tudy on intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide for macular and peripapillary choroidal granuloma econdary to ytemic arcoidoi i warranted.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Record number

    625607