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A 56-year-old man presented with anterior chamber inflammation, increased intraocular pressure, peripheral retinal infiltration, and generalized retinal arterial obstruction suggesting acute retinal necrosis five months after intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection (IVTA). He was treated with intravenous antiviral agents and aspirin. Shortly after treatment, retinal infiltrations were re...

BACKGROUND Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) appears to be the most common type of oral ulcers. The lesion is usually self limited but its painful presentation results in some difficulties. Therefore, an efficient therapeutic strategy is required and currently existing therapies seem to be inadequate because of its unclear etiology. Here the therapeutic effect of triamcinolone acetonide ointm...

The synthetic glucocorticoid, triamcinolone acetonide, was found to increase melanogenesis in the human melanoma cell line NEL. Treatment of NEL cells for 24 hr with triamcinolone acetonide (1 X 10(-7) M) increased the activity of the enzyme tyrosinase by 43% and the incorporation of the melanin precursor, L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine, by 23%. Additional studies revealed no change in cyclic AMP...

Based on experimental and clinical studies performed by Machemer and coworkers and other researchers, intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA) has been used as an alternative for the treatment of several diseases of the retina and uvea, such as chronic cystoid macular edema, age-related macular degeneration, and retinal vascular occlusion. However, it is an invasive procedure, w...

AIM To investigate the chemical interaction of calcium hydroxide with the corticosteroid triamcinolone acetonide in Ledermix Paste and in Odontopaste, a new steroid/antibiotic paste. METHODOLOGY Validated methods were developed to analyse the interaction of calcium hydroxide in two forms, Pulpdent Paste and calcium hydroxide powder, with triamcinolone acetonide within Odontopaste and Ledermix...

BACKGROUND Refractory pseudophakic cystoid macular edema (PCME) following cataract surgery has long posed a challenge to clinicians, but intravitreal injections with a sustained delivery 0.7 mg dexamethasone implant has emerged as a promising therapy for this condition. OBJECTIVE To present a case of longstanding and refractory PCME with complete remission through 189 days of follow-up after ...