purpose: to present two patients with acute corneal hydrops, superimposed with infectious keratitis using topical steroids. patients and findings: the first case was a 44-year-old man with acute corneal hydrops in his left eye which was on topical steroids for one week. visual acuity was hand motion at presentation and there was a large epithelial defect with stromal infiltration and corneal ed...

background and aims. oral lichen planus (olp) is a common chronic mucocutaneous disease. patients with atrophic and erosive lichen planus often have symptoms of soreness and need proper treatment. the main therapy of olp has been the administration of topical or systemic corticosteroids. potent topical corticosteroids have been increasingly prescribed in the treatment of erosive lichen planus. ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness (cost-utility) of a 0.05% emulsion of topical cyclosporine (Restasis; Allergan Inc, Irvine, California) for the treatment of moderate to severe dry eye syndrome that is unresponsive to conventional therapy. METHODS Data from 2 multicenter, randomized, clinical trials and Food and Drug Administration files for topical cyc...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To review recent literature on the topical treatment of allergic skin diseases to help clinicians make informed evidence-based decisions. RECENT FINDINGS Twenty-four publications were identified from a PubMed search of randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews of topical treatment of atopic dermatitis and allergic contact dermatitis published from 1 January 2013 to...

purpose : to describe a case of acute angle-closure glaucoma associated with oral topiramate (topamax, aria daroo) therapy case report: two weeks after initiation of oral topiramate therapy for epilepsy, a 35-year-old woman presented with blurred vision and headache. intraocular pressure in both eyes was significantly elevated and her visual acuity was 20/30 ocular uterque (ou). bilateral conju...

Various agents have been applied topically to treat infected wounds for millennia, but their proper role remains unclear. Topical therapy affords many potential advantages but also has disadvantages. Opinions differ on which clinical signs define wound infection and on whether quantitative microbiological studies are useful. Clinically infected wounds usually require systemic antibiotic therapy...

BACKGROUND A variety of agents have been used to treat female pattern hair loss (FPHL), including topical minoxidil, topical 17α-estradiol, oral anti-androgen agents, and mineral supplements. Compared with these single agent regimens, combination therapies could be a better therapeutic option in expectation of superior treatment outcome. OBJECTIVE This study was designed to determine the effi...