Challenges of managing sympathetic ophthalmia in a young child and the role of infliximab.

Abstract

The authors report the difficult challenges and use of infliximab in the delayed presentation of a 2½-year-old boy with a penetrating eye injury from a small ballpoint pen that led to sympathetic ophthalmia.

• Authors: Kimia Ziahosseini, William D Newman
• Journal: Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus (J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus) Vol. 48 Online Pg. e34-6 (Jul 06 2011) ISSN: 1938-2405 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 21732578 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright 2011, SLACK Incorporated.

Chemical References

• Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
• Antibodies, Monoclonal
• Glucocorticoids
• Immunosuppressive Agents
• Infliximab
• Methylprednisolone
• Methotrexate

Topics

• Accidents, Home
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal (therapeutic use)
• Antibodies, Monoclonal (therapeutic use)
• Cataract (etiology)
• Cataract Extraction
• Child, Preschool
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Eye Injuries, Penetrating (diagnosis, drug therapy, etiology)
• Glucocorticoids (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Immunosuppressive Agents (therapeutic use)
• Infliximab
• Infusions, Intravenous
• Iris (injuries)
• Lens Implantation, Intraocular
• Male
• Methotrexate (therapeutic use)
• Methylprednisolone (therapeutic use)
• Ophthalmia, Sympathetic (diagnosis, drug therapy, etiology)