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Cyclosporine-A in the treatment of serpiginous choroiditis

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Seven patients affected by bilateral inflammatory serpiginous choroiditis have been treated with Cyclosporine-A for 6-21 months. Nine outof the fourteen eyes showed a significant improvement in their visual acuity; five eyes did not change.

Cyclosporine-A may, therefore, be considered effective in the treatment of this disease.

Its usefulness seems to be greater when the serpiginous choroiditis is in its ‘acute’ stage; ‘chronic’ stages, however, also seem to improve under treatment.

Its main indication is, in our opinion, the involvement of the macular region of the ‘second’ eye, when the ‘first’ eye is already damaged. We consider Cyclosporine-A, in these situations, to be a first choice treatment.

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  1. Institute of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, School of Medicine, Via Giustiniani: 2, P.O. 35128, Padova, Italy

    Antonio G. Secchi, M. Sofia Tognon & Cristina Maselli

  2. Research Unit for Ocular Allergy and Immunology, Padova, Italy

    Antonio G. Secchi, M. Sofia Tognon & Cristina Maselli

  3. Regional Centre for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Inflammatory Diseases, Padova, Italy

    Antonio G. Secchi, M. Sofia Tognon & Cristina Maselli

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Secchi, A.G., Tognon, M.S. & Maselli, C. Cyclosporine-A in the treatment of serpiginous choroiditis. Int Ophthalmol 14, 395–399 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00163565

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