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Hematologic Malignancies • Rheumatology • Methotrexate • Malignancy • Uveitis • Inflammatory eye disorders • Cancer • Cutaneous T cell lymphoma • Ophthalmology
How would you treat uveitis in a patient with a history of cutaneous T cell lymphoma?
Patient was previously well controlled on methotrexate, which was discontinued during cancer treatment.
Answer from: at Community Practice
In chronic uveitis patients where systemic therapy cannot be used, local steroid injections/implants can be useful. This question does not specify the type of uveitis, so it is difficult to answer. But in general, for anterior uveitis, sub tenon triamcinolone can be used which lasts 6 months. In oth...
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