Control of visual symptoms in two men with birdshot retinochoroidopathy using low-dose oral corticosteroid therapy.
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.
Ladas
J G
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UCLA Ocular Inflammatory Disease Center, the Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California 90095-7003, USA.
Arnold
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AC
Holland
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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*
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011241:Prednisone