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Clarke D, Sartor L, Do V, Manolios N, Swaminathan S, Samarawickrama C. Biologics in peripheral ulcerative keratitis. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2023; 63:152269. [PMID: 37776666 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2023.152269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/02/2023]
Abstract
Over the past two decades biologic therapies have seen a rapid uptake in the management of ocular inflammation. Peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK), once a harbinger of blindness and mortality in refractory rheumatological disease, is now increasingly being treated with these agents. We conducted a review to evaluate the evidence base for this application and to provide a road map for their clinical usage in PUK, including dosage and adverse effects. A literature search across Medline, Embase and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews was undertaken to identify all patients with PUK that were treated with a biologic in a peer viewed article. Overall, whilst the evidence base for biologic use in PUK was poor, reported cases demonstrate an increasingly powerful and effective role for biologics in refractory PUK. This was particularly the case for rituximab in PUK secondary to granulomatous with polyangiitis.
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- Daniel Clarke
- Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania, Australia; Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Rheumatology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Translational Ocular Research and Immunology Consortium, Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia.
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Fukuda K, Mizobuchi T, Nakajima I, Kishimoto T, Miura Y, Taniguchi Y. Ocular Involvement in Relapsing Polychondritis. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10214970. [PMID: 34768492 PMCID: PMC8584789 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10214970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Relapsing polychondritis (RPC) is a rare systemic immune-mediated disease characterized by recurrent inflammation of cartilaginous and proteoglycan-rich tissues throughout the body. Auricular, nasal, tracheal, and articular chondritis and arthritis are common systemic symptoms in patients with RPC. Ocular tissues are also targets of inflammation in RPC, and a variety of ocular symptoms are observed in approximately half of the patients with RPC. Scleritis/episcleritis, uveitis, and conjunctivitis are common symptoms associated with RPC. Less frequently, keratitis, retinopathy, optic neuropathy, muscle palsy, and orbital inflammation are also observed. Ocular inflammation could also be the first manifestation of RPC. Although RPC is a potentially fatal and sight-threatening disease, the rarity of the disease and its protean clinical presentation may lead to delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis. Given the high prevalence of ocular involvement in RPC, to avoid misdiagnosis, physicians should be suspicious of RPC when they see patients with recurrent ocular inflammatory conditions and various systemic symptoms. In this article, we provide a comprehensive review of ocular manifestations associated with RPC.
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- Ken Fukuda
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan; (T.M.); (I.N.); (T.K.); (Y.M.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-88880-2391
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan; (T.M.); (I.N.); (T.K.); (Y.M.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan; (T.M.); (I.N.); (T.K.); (Y.M.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan; (T.M.); (I.N.); (T.K.); (Y.M.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan; (T.M.); (I.N.); (T.K.); (Y.M.)
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- Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan;
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Cunningham ET, Adán A, Nguyen QD, Zierhut M. Tocilizumab for the Treatment of Ocular Inflammatory Disease. Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2021; 29:2-5. [PMID: 33434090 DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2020.1859257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Emmett T Cunningham
- The Department of Ophthalmology, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA.,The Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.,The Francis I. Proctor Foundation, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
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- The Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- The Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Centre for Ophthalmology, University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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Farhat R, Clavel G, Villeneuve D, Abdelmassih Y, Sahyoun M, Gabison E, Sené T, Cochereau I, Titah C. Sustained Remission with Tocilizumab in Refractory Relapsing Polychondritis with Ocular Involvement: A Case Series. Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2020; 29:9-13. [PMID: 32643976 DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2020.1763405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Objective: Describe our experience with tocilizumab in the treatment of refractory relapsing polychondritis with ocular involvement.Methods: Retrospective consecutive interventional case series that included all patients that received tocilizumab for the treatment of relapsing polychondritis with ocular manifestations.Results: Three cases were selected and the duration of tocilizumab treatment ranged from 1 to 2 years. One of our patients received tocilizumab as a first-line immunosuppressive treatment directly after prednisone. All achieved complete response to tocilizumab 1 month after treatment initiation. No advert events were reported during the follow-up period except for transient neutropenia without any associated infection.Conclusion: Our three cases suggest that tocilizumab may be an effective and safe treatment for ocular manifestation associated with relapsing polychondritis.
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- Rebecca Farhat
- Ophthalmology Department, Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris, France.,Ophthalmology Department, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
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- Internal Medicine Department, Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris, France
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- Ophthalmology Department, Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris, France
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- Ophthalmology Department, Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris, France
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- Internal Medicine Department, Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris, France
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- Ophthalmology Department, Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris, France
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PURPOSE To describe a case of bilateral multifocal stromal crystalline keratopathy in the setting of relapsing polychondritis (RP). METHODS Case report. RESULTS We describe a 31-year-old woman who presented with ocular inflammation, bilateral auricular chondritis, and nasal chondritis, meeting the clinical criteria of RP. We illustrate her auricular cartilaginous abnormalities, saddle nose deformity, scleritis, and discrete mid-stromal opacities in both corneas that extend through the central cornea. Uniquely, her opacities feature a marked crystalline component as demonstrated on photography, anterior segment optical coherence tomography, and confocal microscopy. CONCLUSION A central keratopathy is not typically reported in patients with RP. In this case report, we describe a unique diffuse bilateral nummular mid-stromal crystalline keratitis that extends into the central cornea and further define it using multimodal imaging.
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Tanaka R, Kaburaki T, Nakahara H, Komae K. Ocular inflammation associated with relapsing polychondritis in Japanese patients: a review of 11 patients. Int Ophthalmol 2019; 39:2649-2659. [DOI: 10.1007/s10792-019-01114-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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