Resolution of Recalcitrant Uveitic Optic Disc Edema Following Administration of Methotrexate: Two Case Reports

A 13-year-old male and a 15-year-old female presented with optic disc edema associated with chronic recurrent uveitis. While the ocular inflammation responded to high doses of oral prednisolone, the disc edema showed little improvement. After oral administration of methotrexate, the disc edema and o...

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Autores principales: Woo, Se Joon, Kim, Mi Jeung, Park, Kyu Hyung, Lee, Yun Jong, Hwang, Jeong-Min
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Ophthalmological Society 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3268173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22323889
http://dx.doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2012.26.1.61
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author Woo, Se Joon
Kim, Mi Jeung
Park, Kyu Hyung
Lee, Yun Jong
Hwang, Jeong-Min
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description A 13-year-old male and a 15-year-old female presented with optic disc edema associated with chronic recurrent uveitis. While the ocular inflammation responded to high doses of oral prednisolone, the disc edema showed little improvement. After oral administration of methotrexate, the disc edema and ocular inflammation were resolved, and the dose of oral corticosteroid could be reduced.
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spelling pubmed-32681732012-02-10 Resolution of Recalcitrant Uveitic Optic Disc Edema Following Administration of Methotrexate: Two Case Reports Woo, Se Joon Kim, Mi Jeung Park, Kyu Hyung Lee, Yun Jong Hwang, Jeong-Min Korean J Ophthalmol Case Report A 13-year-old male and a 15-year-old female presented with optic disc edema associated with chronic recurrent uveitis. While the ocular inflammation responded to high doses of oral prednisolone, the disc edema showed little improvement. After oral administration of methotrexate, the disc edema and ocular inflammation were resolved, and the dose of oral corticosteroid could be reduced. The Korean Ophthalmological Society 2012-02 2012-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3268173/ /pubmed/22323889 http://dx.doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2012.26.1.61 Text en © 2012 The Korean Ophthalmological Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_sort resolution of recalcitrant uveitic optic disc edema following administration of methotrexate: two case reports
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