| Title | Successful Treatment of Severe Behçet's Disease with Infliximab in an Italian Olympic Athlete. | | Author(s) | Olivieri I, Latanza L, Siringo S, Peruz G, Di Iorio V | | Institution | From the Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital of Potenza and Madonna delle Grazie Hospital of Matera, Potenza and Matera; Service of Ocular Immunopathology, Department of Ophthalmology, A. Cardarelli Hospital, Naples; and Gastrointestinal Unit, Garibaldi Hospital, Catania, Italy. | | Source | J Rheumatol 2008 May; 35(5):930-932. | | Abstract | An Italian Olympic athlete with a severe form of Behçet's disease was given infliximab. He had oral aphthosis, papulopustular and follicular lesions, and a bilateral cystoid macular edema. After the first 3 infusions, the mucocutaneous lesions disappeared and cystoid macular edema was much improved. Cyclosporine was stopped and the prednisone dose was progressively tapered until the cystoid macular edema disappeared. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 18464316 |
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