Gustavo Savino, Remo Battendieri, Andrea Siniscalco, Erika Mandarà, Antonino Mulè, Gianluigi Petrone, Salvatore Traina, Monica Riso
To analyze the clinical and histopathological effects of low doses of intraorbital and intralesional Rituximab (RTX) in three patients affected by idiopathic orbital inflammatory syndrome (IOIS). Three patients with IOIS were enrolled, all of whom underwent lesion biopsy to confirm the diagnosis, complete blood examinations (thyroid function tests, complete blood cell count, fasting blood glucose, liver and renal function tests, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, serum ACE, C-reactive protein, rheumatoid factor, antinuclear antibody, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, serum IGg4 level tests) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...
January 2015: Rheumatology International