title: Sympathetic ophthalmia: visual results with modern immunosuppressive therapy.
abstract: Sympathetic ophthalmia is a rare bilateral panuveitis that follows penetrating injury to one eye. The use of systemic corticosteroids has transformed the prognosis, and good acuity in the sympathizing eye can now be achieved. The use of immunosuppressive drugs, such as cyclosporin and azathioprine, in combination with the steroids, allows control of the intraocular inflammation at a much lower steroid dose, with concomitant reduction in the systemic side effects that accompany the use of systemic steroids.
authors.affiliation: Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Hakin
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lightman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009879:Ophthalmia, Sympathetic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011379:Prognosis; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D016572:Cyclosporine; D011239:Prednisolone; D001379:Azathioprine