title: Refractory necrotizing scleritis successfully treated with adalimumab.
abstract: Necrotizing scleritis is the most severe and destructive form of scleritis with vision-threatening sequelae. It is divided into with inflammation and without inflammation (scleromalacia perforans). Adalimumab is a tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-inhibiting anti-inflammatory medication licensed for the treatment of rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and inflammatory bowel disease (in the USA). We report two cases of necrotizing scleritis successfully treated with adalimumab.
authors.affiliation: , Gate 17, Villa 970 Al Raha Gardens, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Lola27law@yahoo.co.uk.
authors.forename: Lola E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Lawuyi
authors.affiliation: Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai, Medical Retinal and Cataract, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Avinash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gurbaxani
keywords: Adalimumab; Necrotizing scleritis; TNF inhibitors