Effect of intravitreous rituximab injections in patients with recurrent ocular lesions associated with central nervous system lymphoma

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1002-1003

  Ohguro, Nobuyuki ^a   Hashida, Noriyasu ^b   Tano, Yasuo ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER INFLAMMATION; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 47549106298     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.7.1002     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Rubenstein JL, Treseler P, O'Brien JM. Pathology and genetics of primary central nervous system and intraocular lymphoma. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2005;19(4):705-717.
2. Kim H, Csaky KG, Chan C-C, et al. The pharma-cokinetics of rituximab following an intravitreal injection. Exp Eye Res. 2006;82(5):760-766.
3. Kitzmann AS, Pulido JS, Mohney BG, et al. Intraocular use of rituximab. Eye. 2007;21(12):1524-1527.
4. Smith JR, Rosenbaum JT, Wilson DJ, et al. Role of intravitreal methotrexate in the management of primary central nervous system lymphoma with ocular involvement. Ophthalmology. 2002;109(9):1709-1716.
5. Pulido JS, Bakri SJ, Valyi-Nagy T, Shukla D. Rituximab penetrates full-thickness retina in contrast to tissue plasminogen activator control. Retina. 2007;27(8):1071-1073.
6. Berinstein NL, Grillo-Lopez AJ, White CA, et al. Association of serum Rituximab (IDEC-C2B8) concentration and anti-tumor response in the treatment of recurrent low-grade or follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Ann Oncol. 1998;9(9):995-1001.