ABSTRACT
The case is presented on a young Honduran female with no medical history of note, who presented with multiple areas of exudative retinal detachment (RD), and a best-corrected visual acuity of 1.3 logMAR in both eyes. She was diagnosed with incomplete Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome, and treated early with a combination of intravenous therapy with 1â¯g of prednisolone per day for 3 days, as recommended by published evidence, as well as mycophenolate mofetil (2â¯g per day). During the corticosteroids tapering, there was a recurrence of exudative retinal detachments, and megadoses of 1â¯g of intravenous corticosteroids per day were reintroduced for 6 days until the complete resolution of the fluid of the exudative RD, and cyclosporine (100â¯mg per day), subtenon triamcinolone (40â¯mg/mL), and intravitreal ranibizumab once a month in the both eyes were added to the treatment, with a great control of choroidal inflammation that resulted in the remission of symptoms and signs.
Subject(s)
Mycophenolic Acid , Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome , Adrenal Cortex Hormones/therapeutic use , Female , Fluorescein Angiography , Humans , Mycophenolic Acid/therapeutic use , Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome/drug therapy , Visual AcuityABSTRACT
Presentamos el caso de una mujer hondureña de 27 años sin antecedentes médicos de interés que presentó múltiples áreas de desprendimientos de retina (DR) exudativos y una mejor agudeza visual corregida de 1,3logMAR en ambos ojos. Fue diagnosticada de síndrome de Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada incompleto y tratada con prednisolona intravenosa (1g/24h) durante 3 días, tal y como recomienda la evidencia publicada, junto con micofenolato de mofetilo (2g/24h). Durante el descenso paulatino de corticoesteroides, los DR recidivaron, por lo que se reintrodujeron las megadosis de 1g/24h de corticoesteroides intravenosos durante 6 días hasta la resolución completa de los DR y se añadieron ciclosporina (100mg/24h), triamcinolona subtenoniana (40mg/mL) e inyecciones intravítreas mensuales de ranibizumab en ambos ojos, con un adecuado control de la inflamación coroidea que se tradujo en la remisión de los síntomas y signos (AU)
The case is presented on a young Honduran female with no medical history of note, who presented with multiple areas of exudative retinal detachment (RD), and a best-corrected visual acuity of 1.3logMAR in both eyes. She was diagnosed with incomplete Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome, and treated early with a combination of intravenous therapy with 1g of prednisolone per day for 3 days, as recommended by published evidence, as well as mycophenolate mofetil (2g per day). During the corticosteroids tapering, there was a recurrence of exudative retinal detachments, and megadoses of 1g of intravenous corticosteroids per day were reintroduced for 6 days until the complete resolution of the fluid of the exudative RD, and cyclosporine (100mg per day), subtenon triamcinolone (40mg/mL), and intravitreal ranibizumab once a month in the both eyes were added to the treatment, with a great control of choroidal inflammation that resulted in the remission of symptoms and signs (AU)
Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Adult , Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome/drug therapy , Mycophenolic Acid/therapeutic use , Adrenal Cortex Hormones/administration & dosage , Mycophenolic Acid/administration & dosage , Treatment Outcome , Fluorescein Angiography , Visual AcuityABSTRACT
The case is presented on a young Honduran female with no medical history of note, who presented with multiple areas of exudative retinal detachment (RD), and a best-corrected visual acuity of 1.3logMAR in both eyes. She was diagnosed with incomplete Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome, and treated early with a combination of intravenous therapy with 1g of prednisolone per day for 3 days, as recommended by published evidence, as well as mycophenolate mofetil (2g per day). During the corticosteroids tapering, there was a recurrence of exudative retinal detachments, and megadoses of 1g of intravenous corticosteroids per day were reintroduced for 6 days until the complete resolution of the fluid of the exudative RD, and cyclosporine (100mg per day), subtenon triamcinolone (40mg/mL), and intravitreal ranibizumab once a month in the both eyes were added to the treatment, with a great control of choroidal inflammation that resulted in the remission of symptoms and signs.
