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Long-Term Cyclophosphamide Treatment in a Case with Serpiginous Choroiditis

PURPOSE: To report the effect of long-term therapy with the alkylating agent cyclophosphamide in a case with serpiginous choroiditis and thus to contribute to the previously reported few cases showing the beneficial effect of long-term cyclophosphamide therapy for serpiginous choroiditis. PROCEDURES...

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Autor principal: Sahin, Ozlem G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2988853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21103200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000321401
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description PURPOSE: To report the effect of long-term therapy with the alkylating agent cyclophosphamide in a case with serpiginous choroiditis and thus to contribute to the previously reported few cases showing the beneficial effect of long-term cyclophosphamide therapy for serpiginous choroiditis. PROCEDURES: Oral cyclophosphamide therapy for 12 months in a case with unilateral active serpiginous choroiditis. RESULTS: The active lesion responded well to long-term therapy with cyclophosphamide without recurrences and significant systemic side-effects. CONCLUSIONS: Long-term therapy with cyclophosphamide for serpiginous choroiditis is effective for improving vision and preventing recurrences.
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spelling pubmed-29888532010-11-22 Long-Term Cyclophosphamide Treatment in a Case with Serpiginous Choroiditis Sahin, Ozlem G. Case Rep Ophthalmol Published: October 2010 PURPOSE: To report the effect of long-term therapy with the alkylating agent cyclophosphamide in a case with serpiginous choroiditis and thus to contribute to the previously reported few cases showing the beneficial effect of long-term cyclophosphamide therapy for serpiginous choroiditis. PROCEDURES: Oral cyclophosphamide therapy for 12 months in a case with unilateral active serpiginous choroiditis. RESULTS: The active lesion responded well to long-term therapy with cyclophosphamide without recurrences and significant systemic side-effects. CONCLUSIONS: Long-term therapy with cyclophosphamide for serpiginous choroiditis is effective for improving vision and preventing recurrences. S. Karger AG 2010-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2988853/ /pubmed/21103200 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000321401 Text en Copyright © 2010 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published: October 2010
Sahin, Ozlem G.
Long-Term Cyclophosphamide Treatment in a Case with Serpiginous Choroiditis
title Long-Term Cyclophosphamide Treatment in a Case with Serpiginous Choroiditis
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title_fullStr Long-Term Cyclophosphamide Treatment in a Case with Serpiginous Choroiditis
title_full_unstemmed Long-Term Cyclophosphamide Treatment in a Case with Serpiginous Choroiditis
title_short Long-Term Cyclophosphamide Treatment in a Case with Serpiginous Choroiditis
title_sort long-term cyclophosphamide treatment in a case with serpiginous choroiditis
topic Published: October 2010
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2988853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21103200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000321401
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