Tocilizumab for retinal vasoproliferative tumor secondary to juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis: a case report

Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2014 Jan;252(1):163-4. doi: 10.1007/s00417-013-2466-5. Epub 2013 Sep 24.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / therapeutic use*
  • Arthritis, Juvenile / complications*
  • Exudates and Transudates
  • Female
  • Hemangioma, Capillary / drug therapy*
  • Hemangioma, Capillary / etiology
  • Humans
  • Receptors, Interleukin-6 / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Retinal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Retinal Neoplasms / etiology
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Uveitis / complications*
  • Visual Acuity / physiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Receptors, Interleukin-6
  • tocilizumab