Retinal Vasculitis and Uveitis – An Adverse Reaction to Intravenous Immunoglobulins?

Retinal vasculitis and uveitis--an adverse reaction to intravenous immunoglobulins?

Serum immunoglobulins in retinal vasculitis.

Perivasculitis is a common pathological reaction in the retina, the veins being affected more frequently than the arteries. It is not a specific disease entity and the majority of cases are thought to result from an allergic reaction to one of a wide variety of antigens (Ashton, I962). Reviews of the subject have been published by Donders (I958), GoddeJolly (I96I), Doden (I963), Koliopoulos (i9...

Is granuloma annulare related to intermediate uveitis with retinal vasculitis?

AIM To report on eight patients with severe idiopathic intermediate uveitis (IU) and granuloma annulare (GA), a self limiting cutaneous condition of unknown aetiology. METHODS Retrospective case series. Clinical ophthalmic and dermatological data were studied and fluorescein angiography and skin biopsies were reviewed. RESULTS All patients with idiopathic IU had similar ocular features (eig...

Intravenous immunoglobulins in peripheral neuropathy associated with vasculitis.

BACKGROUND Peripheral neuropathy is a prominent feature of the systemic and secondary vasculitides. Usually, it is responsive to corticosteroids, but in certain cases it may be resistant to corticosteroid or immunosuppressive treatment, or both. OBJECTIVE To present patients who exhibited various inflammatory diseases accompanied with vasculitic peripheral neuropathies for which intravenous i...

An Unreported Clindamycin Adverse Reaction: Wrist Monoarthritis

Clindamycin is a lincosamide antibiotic which is approved for the treatment of anaerobic, streptococcal and staphylococcal infections. There has been an increased interest in the use of clindamycin since it achieves high intracellular levels in phagocytic cells, high levels in bone and appears to have an antitoxin effect against the toxin elaborating strains of streptococci and staphylococci. C...