title: Challenges of managing sympathetic ophthalmia in a young child and the role of infliximab.
abstract: The authors report the difficult challenges and use of infliximab in the delayed presentation of a 2½-year-old boy with a penetrating eye injury from a small ballpoint pen that led to sympathetic ophthalmia.
authors: St. Paul’s Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool, L7 8XP, United Kingdom. kim.z@doctors.org.uk
authors: Kimia
authors: K
authors: Ziahosseini
authors: William D
authors: WD
authors: Newman
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000069285:Infliximab; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007498:Iris / Q000293:injuries*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009879:Ophthalmia, Sympathetic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D000069285:Infliximab; D008775:Methylprednisolone; D008727:Methotrexate