Successful treatment of surgically induced necrotizing scleritis with tacrolimus

A 46‐year‐old man developed surgically induced necrotizing scleritis (SINS) 7 months following uneventful primary bare sclera pterygium excision. The patient underwent two scleral patch grafts for SINS but despite the use of cyclophosphamide and azathioprine, the scleral patch grafts failed within...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical & experimental ophthalmology 2005-02, Vol.33 (1), p.98-99
Hauptverfasser:	Young, Alvin L, Wong, SM, Leung, Alfred TS, Leung, Gloria YS, Cheng, Lulu L, Lam, Dennis SC
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	FK506 Graft Survival - drug effects Humans Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use Male Middle Aged Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures - adverse effects patch graft Pterygium - surgery Recurrence Reoperation Sclera - transplantation Scleritis - drug therapy Scleritis - etiology surgically induced necrotizing scleritis tacrolimus Tacrolimus - therapeutic use
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