Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Shigenari Suzuki

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• Case Report
  Cataract Surgery during Anti-TNF-α Therapy (Infliximab) for Behçet’s Disease
  Author(s): Shigenari SuzukiShigenari Suzuki
  
  Background: In cases of complicated cataract due to Behçet’s disease, flare-ups of attacks of ocular inflammation tend to occur after cataract surgery. Because these flare-ups may often result in loss of vision in Behçet’s disease, attention is now being paid to complicated cataract surgery with the administration of infliximab, which provides powerful long-term suppression of attacks of ocular inflammation. Case Report: Surgery was performed for complicated cataract due to Behçet’s disease with highly active uveitis in a patient who was being treated with infliximab. The patient was a 25-year-old man. Cataract surgery had been postponed due to highly active uveitis, but surgery was eventually performed while infliximab was being administered after the ocular inflammation had subsided as a result of this medicati.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9570.S1-004

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