Successful Treatment of Sarcoidosis

  1. Yousaf Ali, MD; and
  2. Elliot Perlman, MD
  1. From Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.

    TO THE EDITOR:

    Ocular inflammation is a prominent manifestation of several autoimmune diseases. Although anti–tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy has been successfully used to treat uveitis associated with the HLA-B27 gene, the Behçet syndrome (1), and refractory idiopathic uveitis (2), its effect in sarcoid uveitis are unknown. We describe successful treatment using intravenous infliximab, a human-murine chimeric monoclonal antibody directed against TNF in a patient with sarcoid-related uveitis.

    The patient presented with anterior uveitis, Bell palsy, and low-grade …

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    1. Ann Intern Med June 1, 2004 vol. 140 no. 11 W-48
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