Celecoxib for recurrent sclerouveitis after syphilitic panuveitis. A case report

PURPOSE: To report a case of recurrent ocular inflammation after optimal therapy of bilateral syphilitic panuveitis responding to oral celecoxib. METHODS: A case report was conducted. RESULTS: A 76-year-old man presented with painful blurry vision in both eyes. Ocular examination disclosed bilateral...

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Autores principales: Suelves, Ana M., Martinez-Castillo, Sebastián, Salavert, Miguel, Díaz-Llopis, Manuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3223351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21785853
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12348-011-0031-0
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author Suelves, Ana M.
Martinez-Castillo, Sebastián
Salavert, Miguel
Díaz-Llopis, Manuel
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description PURPOSE: To report a case of recurrent ocular inflammation after optimal therapy of bilateral syphilitic panuveitis responding to oral celecoxib. METHODS: A case report was conducted. RESULTS: A 76-year-old man presented with painful blurry vision in both eyes. Ocular examination disclosed bilateral panuveitis. Serological testing confirmed blood and cerebrospinal fluid syphilitic involvement. After 2 weeks of intravenous penicillin therapy, recurrent episodic sclerouveitis was observed. CONCLUSION: Ocular inflammation after healing of infectious uveitis is a rare ophthalmic sequela. In an immunocompetent patient, either re-infection or immune uveitis should be evoked. Non-steroidal therapeutic options, as celecoxib, could be a good option of treatment in such immune cases.
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spelling pubmed-32233512011-12-27 Celecoxib for recurrent sclerouveitis after syphilitic panuveitis. A case report Suelves, Ana M. Martinez-Castillo, Sebastián Salavert, Miguel Díaz-Llopis, Manuel J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect Brief Report PURPOSE: To report a case of recurrent ocular inflammation after optimal therapy of bilateral syphilitic panuveitis responding to oral celecoxib. METHODS: A case report was conducted. RESULTS: A 76-year-old man presented with painful blurry vision in both eyes. Ocular examination disclosed bilateral panuveitis. Serological testing confirmed blood and cerebrospinal fluid syphilitic involvement. After 2 weeks of intravenous penicillin therapy, recurrent episodic sclerouveitis was observed. CONCLUSION: Ocular inflammation after healing of infectious uveitis is a rare ophthalmic sequela. In an immunocompetent patient, either re-infection or immune uveitis should be evoked. Non-steroidal therapeutic options, as celecoxib, could be a good option of treatment in such immune cases. Springer-Verlag 2011-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3223351/ /pubmed/21785853 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12348-011-0031-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2011 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Celecoxib for recurrent sclerouveitis after syphilitic panuveitis. A case report
title Celecoxib for recurrent sclerouveitis after syphilitic panuveitis. A case report
title_full Celecoxib for recurrent sclerouveitis after syphilitic panuveitis. A case report
title_fullStr Celecoxib for recurrent sclerouveitis after syphilitic panuveitis. A case report
title_full_unstemmed Celecoxib for recurrent sclerouveitis after syphilitic panuveitis. A case report
title_short Celecoxib for recurrent sclerouveitis after syphilitic panuveitis. A case report
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