Choroiditis

1.	Ravalico, Giuseppe: 2 articles (01/2006 - 08/2004)
2.	Parodi, Maurizio Battaglia: 2 articles (01/2006 - 08/2004)
3.	Uparkar, Mahesh: 1 article (10/2008)
4.	Kaul, Shalini: 1 article (10/2008)
5.	Borse, Nishikant: 1 article (10/2008)
6.	Natarajan, Sundaram: 1 article (10/2008)
7.	Gaudio, Paul A: 1 article (05/2008)
8.	Seth, Rajeev K: 1 article (05/2008)
9.	Molina, Susana: 1 article (01/2008)
10.	García, Patricia: 1 article (01/2008)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Choroiditis:

1.	Triamcinolone Acetonide (Azmacort)FDA LinkGeneric 12/01/2006 - "PURPOSE: To report the efficacy of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection for acute treatment of a patient with serpiginous choroiditis. " 05/01/2008 - "RESULTS: A 57-year-old woman with active serpiginous choroiditis threatening the fovea of her right eye received one intravitreous triamcinolone acetonide injection, leading to immediate disease control. " 12/01/2006 - "CONCLUSIONS: Single dose intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection is sufficient for controlling the active lesions in serpiginous choroiditis. " 12/01/2006 - "Intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide treatment for serpiginous choroiditis." 05/01/2006 - "Intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide in serpiginous choroiditis." Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Immunosuppressive Agents (Immunosuppressants)IBA 04/01/2006 - "BACKGROUND: Although therapy with immunosuppressive agents is currently accepted as the best option for treating active serpiginous choroiditis (SC), there is no consensus on the most effective immunosuppressive drug to use. " 07/01/2007 - "Improvement in vision and resolution of lesions in patients with serpiginous choroiditis can occur with combination therapy of systemic steroids and immunosuppressive agents. " 10/01/2002 - "CONCLUSIONS: Immunosuppressive agents appear to reduce the rate of recurrent disease in serpiginous choroiditis compared with corticosteroids." 08/01/2002 - "PARTICIPANTS: Nine patients with active, vision-threatening serpiginous choroiditis who had progressive inflammation while on steroids and/or immunosuppressive agents other than alkylating agents treated at three tertiary care uveitis referral centers. " 09/01/2001 - "DESIGN: The clinical courses were reviewed of six consecutive patients (12 eyes) with vision-threatening, steroid-dependent/resistant serpiginous choroiditis treated with a combination of immunosuppressive agents including azathioprine, cyclosporine, and cyclophosphamide. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	1-phenyl-3,3-dimethyltriazene (PDT)IBA 01/01/2005 - "The following case report shows the results of treating the CNV secondary to multifocal choroiditis with PDT. " 01/01/2006 - "CONCLUSIONS: PDT in subfoveal or juxtafoveal classic CNV secondary to multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis stabilized or improved VA in the majority of patients over a longer follow-up period. " 05/01/2008 - "Two patients with multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis (MCP) experienced vision losses of five and 11 lines after four PDT sessions despite receiving additional steroidal treatment. " 03/01/2006 - "MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective review of eyes with subfoveal CNV for associated choroiditis that were treated with PDT using verteporfin over a 1-year period. " 10/01/2008 - "PURPOSE: To report the use of intravitreal bevacizumab (avastin) followed by photodynamic therapy (PDT) in a case of choroidal neovascular membrane (CNVM) due to multifocal choroiditis. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	SteroidsIBA 07/01/2007 - "Improvement in vision and resolution of lesions in patients with serpiginous choroiditis can occur with combination therapy of systemic steroids and immunosuppressive agents. " 08/01/2002 - "PARTICIPANTS: Nine patients with active, vision-threatening serpiginous choroiditis who had progressive inflammation while on steroids and/or immunosuppressive agents other than alkylating agents treated at three tertiary care uveitis referral centers. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	infliximab (Remicade)FDA Link 01/01/2009 - "After infliximab treatment, six eyes maintained their basal visual acuity, nine eyes showed improvement, and two worsened (in the two patients diagnosed with choroiditis). " Order ALL the reference details at left...
6.	Retinaldehyde (Retinal)IBA 01/01/1981 - "[Morphological study of reparative process of outer retinal layer in the experimentally produced immunologic choroiditis (author's transl)]" 02/01/2008 - "The other patient presented retinal choroiditis and unilateral retinal microgranulomas, with normal visual acuity. " 06/01/2003 - "Serpiginous choroiditis is a bilateral, inflammatory condition of the inner choroid and overlying retinal pigment epithelium with a distinctive retinal distribution. " 09/01/2002 - "Angiographic findings were typical of serpiginous choroiditis characterised by early hypofluorescence followed by leakage and staining of the borders and the lesion itself without any evidence of choroidal ischaemia or retinal vascular abnormalities. " 05/01/1999 - "We show here that chronic exposure of ocular cells to IFN-gamma results in apoptotic death of retinal ganglion cells, development of chronic choroiditis, formation of retinal in-foldings, and activation of proinflammatory genes. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
7.	Fluorescein (Funduscein)FDA LinkGeneric 01/01/2007 - "RESULTS: Diffuse choroiditis/staining of fluorescein angiography was seen in all VKH patients in this study. " 03/01/1970 - "[Studies on fluorescein fundus photography in cases of Doyne's honeycomb choroiditis and Tay's choroiditis]" 12/01/2006 - "Fundus examination and fundus fluorescein angiography of right eye revealed active macular choroiditis in right eye. " 11/01/1991 - "Fluorescein angiography revealed a hitherto unique picture of isolated choroidal occlusions but neither a central vein occlusion nor a disseminated choroiditis. " 01/01/1988 - "Fluorescein angiography in one eye, however, suggested that at least some of the hypofluorescence seen acutely in eyes with serpiginous choroiditis is secondary to blocked fluorescence from "opaque" retinal pigment epithelium." Order ALL the reference details at left...
8.	Indocyanine Green (Cardio-Green)FDA LinkGeneric 01/01/2001 - "The aim of this study is to retrospectively evaluate the indocyanine green (ICG) angiographic features in 13 patients affected by multifocal choroiditis. " 11/01/1997 - "PURPOSE: The purpose of the study is to determine indocyanine green (ICG) angiographic characteristics of patients with multifocal choroiditis (MC) and to identify features that may assist in the differentiation of MC from other ocular inflammatory diseases. " 01/01/2001 - "Multifocal choroiditis: indocyanine green angiographic features." 11/01/1997 - "Indocyanine green angiography of multifocal choroiditis." 01/01/2001 - "Indocyanine green videoangiography of multifocal Cryptococcus neoformans choroiditis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome." Order ALL the reference details at left...
9.	Epinephrine (Adrenaline)FDA LinkGeneric 11/10/1975 - "[Electron microscopic studies of epinephrine choroiditis in rabbits. " 08/01/1974 - "[Electronmicroscopic studies of epinephrine choroiditis in rabbits. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
10.	MFC protocolIBA 04/01/2008 - "CONCLUSIONS: We suggest that this patient's MFC and serpiginous choroiditis represented a single process rather than independent events. " 04/01/2006 - "PURPOSE: To report investigations in a case series of patients diagnosed with idiopathic multifocal choroiditis (MFC) in order to determine whether or not a new clinical phenotype could be identified and to determine the long-term visual prognosis. " 03/01/2003 - "PURPOSE: To report on the correlation between indoor mold exposure and a case of multifocal choroiditis (MFC). " 09/01/2009 - "PURPOSE: To report simultaneous occurrence of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) and multifocal choroiditis (MFC) in the same eye of a 33-year-old Caucasian woman. " 01/01/2009 - "BACKGROUND: Multifocal choroiditis (MFC) is an inflammatory condition, occasionally associated with choroidal neovascularization (CNV). " Order ALL the reference details at left...

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Light Coagulation 01/01/1989 - "[Multifocal choroiditis: diagnostic aspects and results of photocoagulation. " 11/01/1979 - "The mechanism is postulated to be secondary to photocoagulation-induced choroiditis, choroidal vascular occlusion, or a combination of the two. " 11/01/1975 - "Since 1966 photocoagulation has been performed in 52 cases and 54 eyes of choroiditis located on the posterior pole. " 11/01/1975 - "[Light coagulation in central and paracentral choroiditis (author's transl)]" 10/01/1975 - "[Our experiences in the treatment of recurrent choroiditis in the macular region by means of photocoagulation]" Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Lasers (Laser) 05/01/2004 - "PURPOSE: To report the unusual occurrence of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) in a patient with Doyne's familial honeycomb choroiditis (DFHC) and its course after laser treatment. " 05/01/2004 - "Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy associated with Doyne's familial choroiditis: treatment with thermal laser." 01/01/1989 - "These results should be confirmed by a randomized prospective clinical trial in order to assess the benefits of laser treatment in recurrent multifocal choroiditis." 02/01/1987 - "Value of a treatment by laser photocoagulation on foci of toxoplasmic choroiditis?]" 05/01/2003 - "Choroiditis in systemic lupus erythematosus: systemic steroid therapy and focal laser treatment." Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Scleral Buckling 08/01/1979 - "The choroiditis rapidly cleared following removal of all scleral buckling material." Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Transplants (Transplant) 01/01/1998 - "Recurrent cryptococcal choroiditis in a renal transplant patient: clinicopathologic study." 01/01/2006 - "Choroiditis and exudative macular detachments in a post transplant leukaemic patient: an unusual presentation of Pneumocystis jiroveci infection." 01/01/2000 - "CONCLUSIONS: The present study indicates that unlike Candida endophthalmitis, aspergillosis is seen in organ transplant or cardiac surgery patients, and its initial clinical presentation includes extensive areas of deep retinitis/choroiditis. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Photochemotherapy (Photodynamic Therapy) 08/01/2004 - "CONCLUSIONS: Photodynamic therapy may be considered a viable therapeutic option for subfoveal CNV associated with multifocal choroiditis at least for a 1-year period. " 01/01/2006 - "Photodynamic therapy for juxtafoveal choroidal neovascularization associated with multifocal choroiditis." 01/01/2002 - "Successful photodynamic therapy combined with laser photocoagulation in three eyes with classic subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation affecting two patients with multifocal choroiditis: case reports." 01/01/2006 - "Photodynamic therapy for choroidal neovascularization in patients with multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis." 10/01/2002 - "Treatment of subfoveal choroidal neovascularization associated with multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis with photodynamic therapy." Order ALL the reference details at left...

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