title: Control of visual symptoms in two men with birdshot retinochoroidopathy using low-dose oral corticosteroid therapy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe two men with birdshot retinochoroidopathy whose severe subjective visual symptoms were controlled by long-term use of low-dose oral corticosteroid therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Chart review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Vision improved subjectively in both men after initial treatment with oral prednisone (1 mg/kg/day) and remained stable while taking 5 mg daily or less of prednisone for periods of 54 and 81 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Some patients with birdshot retinochoroidopathy do well with no long-term therapy or only low-dose oral corticosteroids as long-term therapy.
authors.affiliation: UCLA Ocular Inflammatory Disease Center, the Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California 90095-7003, USA.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Ladas
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Holland
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011241:Prednisone