Treatment of corticosteroid dependent optic neuropathy with intravenous immunoglobulin.
case_report · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 16376665.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
To report a patient with corticosteroid dependent optic neuropathy treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg). Interventional case report. Records review. A 25-year-old woman developed bilateral vision loss with pain on eye movement in association with disk edema, dilated retinal veins, and hemorrhage. The vision improved markedly with prednisone, but she required a minimum of 20 mg/d despite concomitant therapy with methotrexate, cyclosporine, and/or mycophenolate mofetil. IVIg, 0.5 g/kg/d for 3 days each month with subsequent reduction in frequency, allowed discontinuation of all immunosuppression. Corticosteroid dependent optic neuropathy was successfully treated with IVIg.
Medical subject headings
- Glucocorticoids
- Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
- Immunologic Factors
- Optic Nerve Diseases
- Prednisone