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Multifocal Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Associated with Steroids in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis

We present a case of bilateral multifocal central serous chorioretinopathy in a 40-year-old male who suffered from myasthenia gravis and was receiving oral prednisolone. Due to the severity of the underlying disease, it was not possible to reduce the corticosteroid dose. After initial unsuccessful t...

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Autores principales: Stefaniotou, Maria, Vourda, Eleni, Katsanos, Andreas, Aspiotis, Miltiadis
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3725012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23898284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000351856
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author Stefaniotou, Maria
Vourda, Eleni
Katsanos, Andreas
Aspiotis, Miltiadis
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description We present a case of bilateral multifocal central serous chorioretinopathy in a 40-year-old male who suffered from myasthenia gravis and was receiving oral prednisolone. Due to the severity of the underlying disease, it was not possible to reduce the corticosteroid dose. After initial unsuccessful treatment with an intravitreal injection of ranibizumab, low-fluence photodynamic therapy was performed, followed by gradual tapering of the corticosteroids. Visual acuity improved significantly in both eyes. Different therapeutic approaches are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-37250122013-07-29 Multifocal Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Associated with Steroids in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis Stefaniotou, Maria Vourda, Eleni Katsanos, Andreas Aspiotis, Miltiadis Case Rep Ophthalmol Published online: June, 2013 We present a case of bilateral multifocal central serous chorioretinopathy in a 40-year-old male who suffered from myasthenia gravis and was receiving oral prednisolone. Due to the severity of the underlying disease, it was not possible to reduce the corticosteroid dose. After initial unsuccessful treatment with an intravitreal injection of ranibizumab, low-fluence photodynamic therapy was performed, followed by gradual tapering of the corticosteroids. Visual acuity improved significantly in both eyes. Different therapeutic approaches are discussed. S. Karger AG 2013-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3725012/ /pubmed/23898284 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000351856 Text en Copyright © 2013 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) (www.karger.com/OA-license), applicable to the online version of the article only. 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 online: June, 2013
Stefaniotou, Maria
Vourda, Eleni
Katsanos, Andreas
Aspiotis, Miltiadis
Multifocal Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Associated with Steroids in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis
title Multifocal Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Associated with Steroids in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis
title_full Multifocal Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Associated with Steroids in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis
title_fullStr Multifocal Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Associated with Steroids in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis
title_full_unstemmed Multifocal Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Associated with Steroids in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis
title_short Multifocal Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Associated with Steroids in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis
title_sort multifocal central serous chorioretinopathy associated with steroids in a patient with myasthenia gravis
topic Published online: June, 2013
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3725012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23898284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000351856
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