214
Views
5
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Review

Sympathetic Ophthalmia: Where Do We Currently Stand on Treatment Strategies?

ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon & ORCID Icon
Pages 4201-4218 | Published online: 20 Oct 2021

References

  • Lubin JR, Albert DM, Weinstein M. Sixty-five years of sympathetic ophthalmia. A clinicopathologic review of 105 cases (1913–1978). Ophthalmology. 1980;87(2):109–121. doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(80)35270-6
  • Williams AM, Shepler AM, Chu CT, Nischal KK. Sympathetic ophthalmia presenting 5 days after penetrating injury. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2020;19:100816. doi:10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100816
  • Zaharia MA, Lamarche J, Laurin M. Sympathetic uveitis 66 years after injury. Can J Ophthalmol. 1984;19(5):240–243.
  • Goto H, Rao NA. Sympathetic ophthalmia and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 1990;30(4):279–285. doi:10.1097/00004397-199030040-00014
  • Albert DM, Diaz-Rohena R. A historical review of sympathetic ophthalmia and its epidemiology. Surv Ophthalmol. 1989;34(1):1–14. doi:10.1016/0039-6257(89)90125-2
  • Arevalo JF, Garcia RA, Al-Dhibi HA, Sanchez JG, Suarez-Tata L. Update on sympathetic ophthalmia. Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol. 2012;19(1):13–21. doi:10.4103/0974-9233.92111
  • Mackenzie W. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye. Blanchard and Lea; 1855.
  • Fuchs E. Ueber sympathisierende Entzundung (nebst Bemerkungen ueber serose traumatische Iritis. Graef Arch Clin Exp. 1905;3:365–456. doi:10.1007/BF01969717
  • Varghese M, Raghavendra R. Dalen Fuch’s nodules and serous retinal detachment on optical coherence tomography in sympathetic ophthalmitis. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2013;61(5):245–246. doi:10.4103/0301-4738.113320
  • Elschnig A. Studien zur sympathischen ophthalmie. Graefes Arch Ophthalmol. 1910;76(3):509–546. doi:10.1007/BF01986363
  • Wong VG, Anderson R, O’Brien PJ. Sympathetic ophthalmia and lymphocyte transformation. Am J Ophthalmol. 1971;72(5):960–966. doi:10.1016/0002-9394(71)91697-7
  • Chan CC. Relationship between sympathetic ophthalmia, phacoanaphylatic endophthalmitis, and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. Ophthalmology. 1988;95(5):619–624. doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(88)33146-5
  • Rao NA, Robin J, Hartmann D, Sweeney JA, Marak GE. The role of the penetrating wound in the development of sympathetic ophthalmia experimental observations. Arch Ophthalmol. 1983;101(1):102–104. doi:10.1001/archopht.1983.01040010104019
  • Sugita S, Sagawa K, Mochizuki M, Shichijo S, Itoh K. Melanocyte lysis by cytotoxic T lymphocytes recognizing the MART-1 melanoma antigen in HLA-A2 patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. Int Immunol. 1996;8(5):799–803. doi:10.1093/intimm/8.5.799
  • Hammer H. Cellular hypersensitivity to uveal pigment confirmed by leucocyte migration tests in sympathetic ophthalmitis and the Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome. Br J Ophthalmol. 1974;58(9):773–776. doi:10.1136/bjo.58.9.773
  • Rao NA, Wong VG. Aetiology of sympathetic ophthalmitis. Trans Ophthalmol Soc U K. 1981;101((Pt 3)(3)):357–360.
  • Yoon JM, Cho GE, Kang SW. A case of sympathetic ophthalmia after 23-gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy. Korean J Ophthalmol. 2015;29(3):205–207. doi:10.3341/kjo.2015.29.3.205
  • Kilmartin D, Dick A, Forrester J. Sympathetic ophthalmia risk following vitrectomy: should we counsel patients? Br J Ophthalmol. 2000;84(5):448–449. doi:10.1136/bjo.84.5.448
  • Tyagi M, Agarwal K, Reddy Pappuru RR, et al. Sympathetic ophthalmia after vitreoretinal surgeries: incidence, clinical presentations and outcomes of a rare disease. Semin Ophthalmol. 2019;34(3):157–162. doi:10.1080/08820538.2019.1610464
  • Jennings T, Tessler HH. Twenty cases of sympathetic ophthalmia. Br J Ophthalmol. 1989;73(2):140–145. doi:10.1136/bjo.73.2.140
  • Brouzas D, Koutsandrea C, Moschos M, Papadimitriou S, Ladas I, Apostolopoulos M. Massive choroidal hemorrhage after intravitreal administration of bevacizumab (Avastin) for AMD followed by controlateral sympathetic ophthalmia. Clin Ophthalmol. 2009;3:457–459. doi:10.2147/opth.s4641
  • Harris D. Sympathetic ophthalmia following iridencleisis. Case report and incidence. Am J Ophthalmol. 1961;51:829–831. doi:10.1016/0002-9394(61)91821-9
  • Guerriero S, Montepara A, Ciracì L, Monno R, Cinquepalmi V, Vetrugno M. A case of sympathetic ophthalmia after a severe acanthamoeba keratitis. Eye Contact Lens. 2011;37(6):374–376. doi:10.1097/ICL.0b013e3182128e93
  • Buller AJ, Doris JP, Bonshek R, Brahma AK, Jones NP. Sympathetic ophthalmia following severe fungal keratitis. Eye. 2006;20(11):1306–1307. doi:10.1038/sj.eye.6702156
  • Zhang Y, Zhang M-N, Jiang C-H, Yao Y. Development of sympathetic ophthalmia following globe injury. Chin Med J. 2009;122(24):2961–2966.
  • Khatri A, Timalsena S, Khatri BK, et al. A rare entity: sympathetic ophthalmia presumably after blunt trauma to the phthisical eye and optical coherence tomography angiography metrics to monitor response to treatment. Clin Case Rep. 2020;8(1):149–154. doi:10.1002/ccr3.2597
  • Patil VS, Surve A, Banerjee M, Kumar V. Sympathetic ophthalmia following blunt injury to phthisical eye. BMJ Case Rep. 2021;14(7):e242516. doi:10.1136/bcr-2021-242516
  • Mukkamala LK, Soni N, Zarbin MA, Langer PD, Bhagat N. Posterior segment intraocular foreign bodies: a 10-year review. Oph Retina. 2017;1(4):272–277. doi:10.1016/j.oret.2017.01.007
  • Shen J, Fang W, Jin X-H, Yao Y-F, Li Y-M. Sympathetic ophthalmia caused by a severe ocular chemical burn: a case report and literature review. Int J Clin Exp Med. 2015;8(2):2974–2978.
  • Rahman Z, Ali S, Dutta Majumder P. Sympathetic ophthalmia following accidental burn with hot water involving the other eye. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2018;26(8):1225–1227. doi:10.1080/09273948.2017.1340960
  • Edwards TL, McKelvie P, Walland MJ. Sympathetic ophthalmia after diode laser cyclophotocoagulation: now an issue in informed consent. Can J Ophthalmol. 2014;49(4):e102–e104. doi:10.1016/j.jcjo.2014.05.005
  • Parvaresh MM, Falavarjani KG. Presumed sympathetic ophthalmia after scleral buckling surgery. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2013;7(4):331–333. doi:10.1097/ICB.0b013e318290d70b
  • Brour J, Desjardins L, Lehoang P, et al. Sympathetic ophthalmia after proton beam irradiation for choroidal melanoma. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2012;20(4):273–276. doi:10.3109/09273948.2012.689072
  • Fries PD, Char DH, Crawford JB, Waterhouse W. Sympathetic ophthalmia complicating helium ion irradiation of a choroidal melanoma. Arch Ophthalmol. 1987;105(11):1561–1564. doi:10.1001/archopht.1987.01060110107042
  • Ahmad N, Soong TK, Salvi S, Rudle PA, Rennie IG. Sympathetic ophthalmia after ruthenium plaque brachytherapy. Br J Ophthalmol. 2007;91(3):399–401. doi:10.1136/bjo.2006.102384
  • Tseng VL, Matoso A, Hofmann RJ. Sympathetic ophthalmia following enucleation. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2013;251(1):393–394. doi:10.1007/s00417-011-1866-7
  • Magalhães FP, Lavinsky D, Rossi LV, Barbosa L, Moraes N. Sympathetic ophthalmia after penetrating keratoplasty: a case report evaluated by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2012;6(1):11–15. doi:10.1097/ICB.0b013e3181f7f633
  • Tripathy K, Mittal K, Chawla R. Sympathetic ophthalmia following a conjunctival flap procedure for corneal perforation. BMJ Case Rep. 2016;2016. doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-214344
  • Soheilian M, Jabbarpourbonyadi M, Soheilian R, Peyman GA. Bilateral uveitis after phakic intraocular lens implantation and management with adalimumab. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2012;38(6):1094–1096. doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2012.02.026
  • Green WR, Maumenee AE, Sanders TE, Smith ME. Sympathetic uveitis following evisceration. Trans Am Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol. 1972;76(3):625–644.
  • Letson HC. A case of sympathetic ophthalmia caused by basal iridectomy. Bull Kresge Eye Inst. 1954;5(2):56–58.
  • Hiyama T, Harada Y, Kiuchi Y. Effective treatment of refractory sympathetic ophthalmia with glaucoma using adalimumab. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2019;14:1–4. doi:10.1016/j.ajoc.2019.01.009
  • Heydon P, Hooper C, Lawlor M, Lee A. Sympathetic ophthalmia following cyclodialysis cleft repair. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2019;47(6):811–813. doi:10.1111/ceo.13488
  • Rao N. Sympathetic ophthalmia. In: Retina: Medical Retina. St. Louis: CV Mosby; 1989:715–721.
  • Gomi CF, Makdissi FF, Yamamoto JH, Olivalves E. Estudo epidemiologico das uveites [Epidemiological study of the uveitis]. Rev Med. 1997;76:101–108. Portuguese.
  • Marak GE. Recent advances in sympathetic ophthalmia. Surv Ophthalmol. 1979;24(3):141–156. doi:10.1016/0039-6257(79)90018-3
  • Liddy L, Stuart J. Sympathetic ophthalmia in Canada. Can J Ophthalmol. 1972;7(2):157–159.
  • Holland G. [Indication and timing of the removal of an injured eye]. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd. 1964;145:732–740. German.
  • Gass JD. Sympathetic ophthalmia following vitrectomy. Am J Ophthalmol. 1982;93(5):552–558. doi:10.1016/s0002-9394(14)77368-4
  • Dutta Majumder P, Anthony E, George AE, Ganesh SK, Biswas J. Postsurgical sympathetic ophthalmia: retrospective analysis of a rare entity. Int Ophthalmol. 2018;38(6):2487–2493. doi:10.1007/s10792-017-0759-0
  • Wang Y, Chan C-C. Gender differences in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease and sympathetic ophthalmia. J Ophthalmol. 2014;2014:157803. doi:10.1155/2014/157803
  • Castiblanco CP, Adelman RA. Sympathetic ophthalmia. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2009;247(3):289–302. doi:10.1007/s00417-008-0939-8
  • Schachat AP, ed. Ryan’s Retina. 6th ed. Elsevier; 2018.
  • Rao NA, Wacker WB, Marak GE. Experimental allergic uveitis: clinicopathologic features associated with varying doses of S antigen. Arch Ophthalmol. 1979;97(10):1954–1958. doi:10.1001/archopht.1979.01020020402028
  • Reynard M, Shulman IA, Azen SP, Minckler DS. Histocompatibility antigens in sympathetic ophthalmia. Am J Ophthalmol. 1983;95(2):216–221. doi:10.1016/0002-9394(83)90016-8
  • Azen SP, Marak GE, Minckler DS, Reynard M, Shulman I. Histocompatibility antigens in sympathetic ophthalmia. Am J Ophthalmol. 1984;98(1):117–119. doi:10.1016/0002-9394(84)90203-4
  • Kilmartin DJ, Wilson D, Liversidge J, et al. Immunogenetics and clinical phenotype of sympathetic ophthalmia in British and Irish patients. Br J Ophthalmol. 2001;85(3):281–286. doi:10.1136/bjo.85.3.281
  • Shindo Y, Ohno S, Usui M, et al. Immunogenetic study of sympathetic ophthalmia. Tissue Antigens. 1997;49(2):111–115. doi:10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02723.x
  • Tiercy J-M, Rathinam SR, Gex-Fabry M, Baglivo E. A shared HLA-DRB1 epitope in the DR beta first domain is associated with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome in Indian patients. Mol Vis. 2010;16:353–358.
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology. 2021–2022 basic and clinical science course, section 09: uveitis and ocular inflammation. American Academy of Ophthalmology; 2021. Available from: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2939258. Accessed September 23, 2021.
  • Sympathetic Ophthalmia. Immunopaedia Advancing global immunology education; December 1, 2014. Available from: https://www.immunopaedia.org.za/immunology/archive/tolerance-and-inflammation/sympathetic-ophthalmia/. Accessed September 24, 2021.
  • Rao NA, Xu S, Font RL. Sympathetic ophthalmia. An immunohistochemical study of epithelioid and giant cells. Ophthalmology. 1985;92(12):1660–1662. doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(85)34087-3
  • Winter FC. Sympathetic uveitis; a clinical and pathologic study of the visual result. Am J Ophthalmol. 1955;39(3):340–347. doi:10.1016/0002-9394(55)91277-0
  • Rao NA. Mechanisms of inflammatory response in sympathetic ophthalmia and VKH syndrome. Eye. 1997;11(Pt 2):213–216. doi:10.1038/eye.1997.54
  • Rao NA. Pathology of Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease. Int Ophthalmol. 2007;27(2–3):81–85. doi:10.1007/s10792-006-9029-2
  • Damico FM, Kiss S, Young LH. Sympathetic ophthalmia. Semin Ophthalmol. 2005;20(3):191–197. doi:10.1080/08820530500232100
  • Reynard M, Riffenburgh RS, Minckler DS. Morphological variation of Dalén-Fuchs nodules in sympathetic ophthalmia. Br J Ophthalmol. 1985;69(3):197–201. doi:10.1136/bjo.69.3.197
  • Chan CC, Nussenblatt RB, Fujikawa LS, et al. Sympathetic ophthalmia. Immunopathological findings. Ophthalmology. 1986;93(5):690–695. doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(86)33694-7
  • Font RL, Fine BS, Messmer E, Rowsey JF. Light and electron microscopic study of Dalén-Fuchs nodules in sympathetic ophthalmia. Ophthalmology. 1983;90(1):66–75. doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(83)34595-4
  • Croxatto JO, Rao NA, McLean IW, Marak GE. Atypical histopathologic features in sympathetic ophthalmia. A study of a hundred cases. Int Ophthalmol. 1982;4(3):129–135. doi:10.1007/BF00161902
  • Jakobiec FA, Marboe CC, Knowles DM, et al. Human sympathetic ophthalmia. An analysis of the inflammatory infiltrate by hybridoma-monoclonal antibodies, immunochemistry, and correlative electron microscopy. Ophthalmology. 1983;90(1):76–95. doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(83)34602-9
  • Shah DN, Piacentini MA, Burnier MN, McLean IW, Nussenblatt RB, Chan CC. Inflammatory cellular kinetics in sympathetic ophthalmia a study of 29 traumatized (exciting) eyes. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 1993;1(3):255–262. doi:10.3109/09273949309085026
  • Abu El-Asrar AM, Struyf S, Van den Broeck C, et al. Expression of chemokines and gelatinase B in sympathetic ophthalmia. Eye. 2007;21(5):649–657. doi:10.1038/sj.eye.6702342
  • Hooks JJ, Chan CC, Detrick B. Identification of the lymphokines, interferon-gamma and interleukin-2, in inflammatory eye diseases. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1988;29(9):1444–1451.
  • Furusato E, Shen D, Cao X, et al. Inflammatory cytokine and chemokine expression in sympathetic ophthalmia: a pilot study. Histol Histopathol. 2011;26(9):1145–1151. doi:10.14670/HH-26.1145
  • Boyd SR, Young S, Lightman S. Immunopathology of the noninfectious posterior and intermediate uveitides. Surv Ophthalmol. 2001;46(3):209–233. doi:10.1016/s0039-6257(01)00275-2
  • Parikh JG, Saraswathy S, Rao NA. Photoreceptor oxidative damage in sympathetic ophthalmia. Am J Ophthalmol. 2008;146(6):866–875.e2. doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2008.03.026
  • Balamurugan S, Das D, Hasanreisoglu M, et al. Interleukins and cytokine biomarkers in uveitis. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020;68(9):1750–1763. doi:10.4103/ijo.IJO_564_20
  • Kase S, Meghpara BB, Ishida S, Rao NA. Expression of α-crystallin in the retina of human sympathetic ophthalmia. Mol Med Rep. 2012;5(2):395–399. doi:10.3892/mmr.2011.653
  • Chan CC, Matteson DM, Li Q, Whitcup SM, Nussenblatt RB. Apoptosis in patients with posterior uveitis. Arch Ophthalmol. 1997;115(12):1559–1567. doi:10.1001/archopht.1997.01100160729010
  • Zhong Z, Su G, Kijlstra A, Yang P. Activation of the interleukin-23/interleukin-17 signalling pathway in autoinflammatory and autoimmune uveitis. Prog Retin Eye Res. 2021;80:100866. doi:10.1016/j.preteyeres.2020.100866
  • Kaneko Y, Wu GS, Saraswathy S, Vasconcelos-Santos DV, Rao NA. Immunopathologic processes in sympathetic ophthalmia as signified by microRNA profiling. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012;53(7):4197–4204. doi:10.1167/iovs.12-9465
  • Colyer MH, Chun DW, Bower KS, Dick JSB, Weichel ED. Perforating globe injuries during operation Iraqi freedom. Ophthalmology. 2008;115(11):2087–2093. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.05.013
  • Verhoeff FH. An effective treatment for sympathetic uveitis. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc. 1926;24:173–191.
  • Easom HA. Sympathetic ophthalmia associated with malignant melanoma. Arch Ophthalmol. 1963;70(6):786–790. doi:10.1001/archopht.1963.00960050788011
  • Vote BJ, Hall A, Cairns J, Buttery R. Changing trends in sympathetic ophthalmia. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2004;32(5):542–545. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00876.x
  • Ganesh SK, Narayana KM, Biswas J. Peripapillary choroidal atrophy in sympathetic ophthalmia and management with triple-agent immunosuppression. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2003;11(1):61–65. doi:10.1076/ocii.11.1.61.15581
  • Yang P, Liu S, Zhong Z, et al. Comparison of clinical features and visual outcome between sympathetic ophthalmia and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease in Chinese patients. Ophthalmology. 2019;126(9):1297–1305. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.03.049
  • Comer M, Taylor C, Chen S, Martin K, Jordan K, Meyer P. Sympathetic ophthalmia associated with high frequent deafness. Br J Ophthalmol. 2001;85(4):496. doi:10.1136/bjo.85.4.496
  • Saatçi AO, Ayhan Z, Ipek ŞC, Söylev Bajin M. Intravitreal aflibercept as an adjunct to systemic therapy in a case of choroidal neovascular membrane associated with sympathetic ophthalmia. Turk J Ophthalmol. 2018;48(4):209–211. doi:10.4274/tjo.09076
  • Burkholder BM, Dunn JP. Multiple serous retinal detachments seen on wide-field imaging in a patient with sympathetic ophthalmia. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2014;132(10):1220. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.52
  • Jabs DA, Dick A, Kramer M, et al. Classification criteria for sympathetic ophthalmia. Am J Ophthalmol. 2021. doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2021.03.048
  • Tripathy K, Chawla R, Temkar S, et al. Phthisis bulbi-a clinicopathological perspective. Semin Ophthalmol. 2018;33(6):788–803. doi:10.1080/08820538.2018.1477966
  • Mahajan S, Invernizzi A, Agrawal R, Biswas J, Rao NA, Gupta V. Multimodal imaging in sympathetic ophthalmia. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2017;25(2):152–159. doi:10.1080/09273948.2016.1255339
  • Gupta V, Gupta A, Dogra MR. Posterior sympathetic ophthalmia: a single centre long-term study of 40 patients from North India. Eye. 2008;22(12):1459–1464. doi:10.1038/sj.eye.6702927
  • Lewis ML, Gass JDM, Spencer WH. Sympathetic uveitis after trauma and vitrectomy. Arch Ophthalmol. 1978;96(2):263–267. doi:10.1001/archopht.1978.03910050131005
  • Inomata H, Rao NA. Depigmented atrophic lesions in sunset glow fundi of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. Am J Ophthalmol. 2001;131(5):607–614. doi:10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00851-5
  • Bernasconi O, Auer C, Zografos L, Herbort CP. Indocyanine green angiographic findings in sympathetic ophthalmia. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 1998;236(8):635–638. doi:10.1007/s004170050134
  • Saatci AO, Paşa E, Söylev MF, Koçak N, Durak I, Kaynak S. Sympathetic ophthalmia and indocyanine green angiography. Arch Ophthalmol. 2004;122(10):1568–1569. doi:10.1001/archopht.122.10.1568
  • Casella AMB, Farah ME, Martins MC, Hasegawa A, Oguido APMT. Sympathetic ophthalmia - histopathological correlation with fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography: case report. Arq Bras Oftalmol. 2008;71(6):886–889. doi:10.1590/s0004-27492008000600025
  • Delori FC, Dorey CK, Staurenghi G, Arend O, Goger DG, Weiter JJ. In vivo fluorescence of the ocular fundus exhibits retinal pigment epithelium lipofuscin characteristics. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1995;36(3):718–729.
  • Schmitz-Valckenberg S, Holz FG, Bird AC, Spaide RF. Fundus autofluorescence imaging. Retina. 2008;28(3):385–409. doi:10.1097/IAE.0b013e318164a907
  • Samy A, Lightman S, Ismetova F, Talat L, Tomkins-Netzer O. Role of autofluorescence in inflammatory/infective diseases of the retina and choroid. J Ophthalmol. 2014;2014:1–9. doi:10.1155/2014/418193
  • Fleischman D, Say EAT, Wright JD, Landers MB. Multimodality diagnostic imaging in a case of sympathetic ophthalmia. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2012;20(4):300–302. doi:10.3109/09273948.2012.682637
  • Castiblanco C, Adelman RA. Imaging for sympathetic ophthalmia. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2012;52(4):173–181. doi:10.1097/IIO.0b013e318265d5c7
  • Forster DJ. Echographic features of the Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome. Arch Ophthalmol. 1990;108(10):1421. doi:10.1001/archopht.1990.01070120069031
  • Keane PA, Sadda SR. Retinal imaging in the twenty-first century. Ophthalmology. 2014;121(12):2489–2500. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.07.054
  • Correnti AJ, Read RW, Kimble JA, Morris R. Imaging of Dalen–Fuchs Nodules in a likely case of sympathetic ophthalmia by fluorescein angiography and OCT. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2010. doi:10.3928/15428877-20100215-56
  • Mehta N, Chong J, Tsui E, et al. Presumed foveal bacillary layer detachment in a patient with toxoplasmosis chorioretinitis and pachychoroid disease. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2021;15(4):391–398. doi:10.1097/ICB.0000000000000817
  • Muakkassa NW, Witkin AJ. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography of sympathetic ophthalmia with Dalen-Fuchs nodules. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2014;45(6):610–612. doi:10.3928/23258160-20141008-01
  • Rogaczewska M, Iwanik K, Stopa M. Early presentation of sympathetic ophthalmia in optical coherence tomography studies: a case report. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020;68(9):2019–2022. doi:10.4103/ijo.IJO_2184_19
  • Agrawal R, Jain M, Khan R, et al. Choroidal structural changes in sympathetic ophthalmia on swept-source optical coherence tomography. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2019:1–6. doi:10.1080/09273948.2019.1685110
  • Aggarwal K, Agarwal A, Mahajan S, et al. The role of optical coherence tomography angiography in the diagnosis and management of acute Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2018;26(1):142–153. doi:10.1080/09273948.2016.1195001
  • Brar M, Sharma M, Grewal SPS, Grewal DS. Treatment response in sympathetic ophthalmia as assessed by widefield OCT angiography. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2018;49(9):726–730. doi:10.3928/23258160-20180831-13
  • Levison AL, Baynes KM, Lowder CY, Kaiser PK, Srivastava SK. Choroidal neovascularisation on optical coherence tomography angiography in punctate inner choroidopathy and multifocal choroiditis. Br J Ophthalmol. 2017;101(5):616–622. doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2016-308806
  • Moorthy RS, Inomata H, Rao NA. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome. Surv Ophthalmol. 1995;39(4):265–292. doi:10.1016/s0039-6257(05)80105-5
  • Ohno S, Char DH, Kimura SJ, O’Connor GR. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome. Am J Ophthalmol. 1977;83(5):735–740. doi:10.1016/0002-9394(77)90142-8
  • Singh R, Gupta V, Gupta A. Pattern of uveitis in a referral eye clinic in north India. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2004;52(2):121–125.
  • Wakabayashi T, Morimura Y, Miyamoto Y, Okada AA. Changing patterns of intraocular inflammatory disease in Japan. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2003;11(4):277–286. doi:10.1076/ocii.11.4.277.18260
  • Islam SMM, Tabbara KF. Causes of uveitis at the eye center in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective review. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2002;9(4):239–249. doi:10.1076/opep.9.4.239.1507
  • Kedhar SR, Thorne JE, Wittenberg S, Dunn JP, Jabs DA. Multifocal choroiditis with panuveitis and punctate inner choroidopathy: comparison of clinical characteristics at presentation. Retina. 2007;27(9):1174–1179. doi:10.1097/IAE.0b013e318068de72
  • Dreyer RF, Gass DJ. Multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis. A syndrome that mimics ocular histoplasmosis. Arch Ophthalmol. 1984;102(12):1776–1784. doi:10.1001/archopht.1984.01040031440019
  • Morgan CM, Schatz H. Recurrent multifocal choroiditis. Ophthalmology. 1986;93(9):1138–1147. doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(86)33611-x
  • Haik GM, Waugh RL, Lyda W. Sympathetic ophthalmia; similarity to bilateral endophthalmitis phacoanaphylactica; new therapeutic methods. AMA Arch Ophthalmol. 1952;47(4):437–453. doi:10.1001/archopht.1952.01700030447005
  • Marak GE. Phacoanaphylactic endophthalmitis. Surv Ophthalmol. 1992;36(5):325–339. doi:10.1016/0039-6257(92)90109-7
  • Chan C-C. 32 cases of sympathetic ophthalmia. Arch Ophthalmol. 1995;113(5):597. doi:10.1001/archopht.1995.01100050065032
  • Chawla R, Kapoor M, Mehta A, Tripathy K, Vohra R, Venkatesh P. Sympathetic ophthalmia: experience from a tertiary care center in Northern India. J Ophthalmic Vis Res. 2018;13(4):439–446. doi:10.4103/jovr.jovr_86_17
  • Sethi HS, Menon V, Sharma P, Khokhar S, Tandon R. Visual outcome after intravenous dexamethasone therapy for idiopathic optic neuritis in an Indian population: a clinical case series. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2006;54(3):177–183. doi:10.4103/0301-4738.27069
  • Foster CS, Kothari S, Anesi SD, et al. The ocular immunology and Uveitis Foundation preferred practice patterns of uveitis management. Surv Ophthalmol. 2016;61(1):1–17. doi:10.1016/j.survophthal.2015.07.001
  • Jonas JB, Spandau UHM. Repeated intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide for chronic sympathetic ophthalmia. Acta Ophthalmol Scand. 2006;84(3):436. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00634.x
  • Chan RVP, Seiff BD, Lincoff HA, Coleman DJ. Rapid recovery of sympathetic ophthalmia with treatment augmented by intravitreal steroids. Retina. 2006;26(2):243–247. doi:10.1097/00006982-200602000-00029
  • Ozdemir H, Karacorlu M, Karacorlu S. Intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide in sympathetic ophthalmia. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2005;243(7):734–736. doi:10.1007/s00417-004-1064-y
  • Jonas JB. Intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide for treatment of sympathetic ophthalmia. Am J Ophthalmol. 2004;137(2):367–368. doi:10.1016/S0002-9394(03)00899-7
  • Mahajan VB, Gehrs KM, Goldstein DA, Fischer DH, Lopez JS, Folk JC. Management of sympathetic ophthalmia with the fluocinolone acetonide implant. Ophthalmology. 2009;116(3):552–557.e1. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.10.024
  • Meira J, Madeira C, Falcão-Reis F, Figueira L. Sustained control from recurring non-infectious uveitic macular edema with 0.19 mg fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant – a case report. Ophthalmol Ther. 2019;8(4):635–641. doi:10.1007/s40123-019-00209-w
  • Wocker L, Januschowski K. [Steroid implant in treatment of sympathetic ophthalmia: intravitreal implant of dexamethasone in cystoid macular edema in the context of sympathetic ophthalmia]. Ophthalmologe. 2019;116(4):380–383. German. doi:10.1007/s00347-018-0748-3
  • Mansour AM. Dexamethasone implant as sole therapy in sympathetic ophthalmia. Case Rep Ophthalmol. 2018;9(2):257–263. doi:10.1159/000488850
  • Tan XL, Seen S, Dutta Majumder P, et al. Analysis of 130 cases of sympathetic ophthalmia - a retrospective multicenter case series. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2019;27(8):1259–1266. doi:10.1080/09273948.2018.1517894
  • Sen HN. American Academy of ophthalmology. Uveitis and Ocular Inflammation; 2021. Available from: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2939258. Accessed July 23, 2021.
  • Tripathy K, Dt G, Vannadil H, Palestine A, Tsui E. Immunomodulatory Therapy (IMT) for ocular inflammation; July 23, 2021. Available from: https://eyewiki.aao.org/Immunomodulatory_Therapy_(IMT)_for_Ocular_Inflammation. Accessed October 7, 2021.
  • Hrarat L, Fardeau C, Lehoang P. Immunosuppressive treatment in sympathetic ophthalmia long-term visual outcome. Acta Ophthalmol. 2014;92. doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2014.F091.x
  • Wand K, Straub M, Lohmann CP, Mayer CS. Sympathische Ophthalmie: therapie mit steroidsparendem Immunsuppressivum Azathioprin. Ophthalmologe. 2016;113(10):867–869. doi:10.1007/s00347-016-0227-7
  • Wieringa WG, Armbrust W, Legger GE, Los LI. Efficacy of high-dose methotrexate in pediatric non-infectious uveitis. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2019;27(8):1305–1313. doi:10.1080/09273948.2018.1529800
  • Lau CH, Comer M, Lightman S. Long-term efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil in the control of severe intraocular inflammation. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2003;31(6):487–491. doi:10.1046/j.1442-9071.2003.00704.x
  • Thorne JE, Jabs DA, Qazi FA, Nguyen QD, Kempen JH, Dunn JP. Mycophenolate mofetil therapy for inflammatory eye disease. Ophthalmology. 2005;112(8):1472–1477. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.02.020
  • Jabs DA, Rosenbaum JT, Foster CS, et al. Guidelines for the use of immunosuppressive drugs in patients with ocular inflammatory disorders: recommendations of an expert panel. Am J Ophthalmol. 2000;130(4):492–513. doi:10.1016/s0002-9394(00)00659-0
  • Kaçmaz RO, Kempen JH, Newcomb C, et al. Cyclosporine for ocular inflammatory diseases. Ophthalmology. 2010;117(3):576–584. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.08.010
  • Nussenblatt RB, Palestine AG, Chan CC, Stevens G, Mellow SD, Green SB. Randomized, double-masked study of cyclosporine compared to prednisolone in the treatment of endogenous uveitis. Am J Ophthalmol. 1991;112(2):138–146. doi:10.1016/s0002-9394(14)76692-9
  • Walton RC, Nussenblatt RB, Whitcup SM. Cyclosporine therapy for severe sight-threatening uveitis in children and adolescents. Ophthalmology. 1998;105(11):2028–2034. doi:10.1016/S0161-6420(98)91120-4
  • Leznoff A, Shea M, Binkley KE, Rootman DS, Rabinovitch T. Cyclosporine in the treatment of nonmicrobial inflammatory ophthalmic disease. Can J Ophthalmol. 1992;27(6):302–306.
  • Nussenblatt RB, Palestine AG, Chan CC. Cyclosporin A therapy in the treatment of intraocular inflammatory disease resistant to systemic corticosteroids and cytotoxic agents. Am J Ophthalmol. 1983;96(3):275–282. doi:10.1016/s0002-9394(14)77814-6
  • Hakin KN, Pearson RV, Lightman SL. Sympathetic ophthalmia: visual results with modern immunosuppressive therapy. Eye. 1992;6(Pt 5):453–455. doi:10.1038/eye.1992.95
  • Pujari SS, Kempen JH, Newcomb CW, et al. Cyclophosphamide for ocular inflammatory diseases. Ophthalmology. 2010;117(2):356–365. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.06.060
  • Patel SS, Dodds EM, Echandi LV, et al. Long-term, drug-free remission of sympathetic ophthalmia with high-dose, short-term chlorambucil therapy. Ophthalmology. 2014;121(2):596–602. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.09.009
  • Yang CS, Liu JH. Chlorambucil therapy in sympathetic ophthalmia. Am J Ophthalmol. 1995;119(4):482–488. doi:10.1016/s0002-9394(14)71235-8
  • Imrie FR, Dick AD. Biologics in the treatment of uveitis. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2007;18(6):481–486. doi:10.1097/ICU.0b013e3282f03d42
  • Lim L, Suhler EB, Smith JR. Biologic therapies for inflammatory eye disease. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2006;34(4):365–374. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01225.x
  • Palexas GN, Sussman G, Welsh NH. Ocular and systemic determination of IL-1 beta and tumour necrosis factor in a patient with ocular inflammation. Scand J Immunol Suppl. 1992;11:173–175. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3083.1992.tb01645.x
  • Santos Lacomba M, Marcos Martín C, Gallardo Galera JM, et al. Aqueous humor and serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha in clinical uveitis. Ophthalmic Res. 2001;33(5):251–255. doi:10.1159/000055677
  • Cochrane S, Dick A. Tumour necrosis factor-alpha-targeted therapies in uveitis. In: Pleyer U, Foster C, editors. Uveitis and Immunological Disorders. Berlin: Springer; 2007:177–192.
  • Fong D, Law S, Schmidt-Erfurth U. Drugs in Ophthalmology. Germany: Springer; 2006.
  • LaMattina KC, Goldstein DA. Adalimumab for the treatment of uveitis. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2017;13(3):181–188. doi:10.1080/1744666X.2017.1288097
  • Gupta SR, Phan IT, Suhler EB. Successful treatment of refractory sympathetic ophthalmia in a child with infliximab. Arch Ophthalmol. 2011;129(2):250–252. doi:10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.358
  • Ramírez ED, Guijarro González JJ, Vicuña RG. Postsurgical sympathetic ophthalmia refractory to treatment: the response to infliximab. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2012;6(2):169–171. doi:10.1097/ICB.0b013e3182235354
  • Kim J-B, Jeroudi A, Angeles-Han ST, Grossniklaus HE, Yeh S. Adalimumab for pediatric sympathetic ophthalmia. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2014;132(8):1022–1024. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.426
  • Vallet H, Seve P, Biard L, et al. Infliximab versus adalimumab in the treatment of refractory inflammatory uveitis: a Multicenter Study from the French Uveitis Network. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2016;68(6):1522–1530. doi:10.1002/art.39667
  • Hiyama T, Harada Y, Kiuchi Y. Efficacy and Safety of adalimumab therapy for the treatment of non-infectious uveitis: efficacy comparison among uveitis aetiologies. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2021;1–8. doi:10.1080/09273948.2020.1857791
  • Simonini G, Taddio A, Cattalini M, et al. Prevention of flare recurrences in childhood-refractory chronic uveitis: an open-label comparative study of adalimumab versus infliximab. Arthritis Care Res. 2011;63(4):612–618. doi:10.1002/acr.20404
  • Mesquida M, Molins B, Llorenç V, et al. Twenty-four month follow-up of tocilizumab therapy for refractory uveitis-related macular edema. Retina. 2018;38(7):1361–1370. doi:10.1097/IAE.0000000000001690
  • Graham BC, Pulido JS, Winters JL. Seeing is believing: a review of apheresis therapy in the treatment of ophthalmologic disease. J Clin Apher. 2018;33(3):380–392. doi:10.1002/jca.21607
  • Savar A, Andreoli MT, Kloek CE, Andreoli CM. Enucleation for open globe injury. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009;147(4):595–600.e1. doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2008.10.017
  • Dogra M, Samanta R, Singh P, et al. Surgical intervention in inciting eyes of patients with sympathetic ophthalmia: a case series and review of literature. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2019;27(7):1154–1159. doi:10.1080/09273948.2018.1497663
  • Galor A, Davis JL, Flynn HW, et al. Sympathetic ophthalmia: incidence of ocular complications and vision loss in the sympathizing eye. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009;148(5):704–710.e2. doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2009.05.033
  • Payal AR, Foster CS. Long-term drug-free remission and visual outcomes in sympathetic ophthalmia. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2017;25(2):190–195. doi:10.3109/09273948.2015.1092557
  • Dutta Majumder P, Mistry S, Sridharan S, et al. Pediatric sympathetic ophthalmia: 20 years of data from a tertiary eye center in India. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2020;57(3):154–158. doi:10.3928/01913913-20200219-01