Xie Xiaoxiang, Jiang Pan, Li Xuxu, Ru Jinli
Department of General Medicine, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University (The Second Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Red Cross Hospital), Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
The First People's Hospital of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2025 Jun 13;13:2050313X251346047. doi: 10.1177/2050313X251346047. eCollection 2025.
Scleritis results from an inflammatory response in the sclera and can be associated with a variety of infectious and non-infectious ocular and systemic diseases. It can cause vision loss, uveitis, high intraocular pressure and other complications, resulting in poor prognosis. There are no reports of non-infectious scleritis in children. Herein, we describe a case of sequential tocilizumab treatment on tofacitinib in a child with non-infectious scleritis. Extensive examinations ruled out the cause of infection, and the previous conventional glucocorticoid treatment was effective, but the disease recurred during drug reduction. Tocilizumab and tofacitinib successfully cured the patient, glucocorticoids were stopped, and all drugs were stopped 2 years later. This report provides a new diagnosis and treatment method for clinicians.
巩膜炎是由巩膜的炎症反应引起的,可与多种感染性和非感染性眼部及全身性疾病相关。它可导致视力丧失、葡萄膜炎、高眼压等并发症,预后较差。儿童非感染性巩膜炎尚无相关报道。在此,我们描述了一例儿童非感染性巩膜炎先后使用托珠单抗和托法替布治疗的病例。广泛检查排除了感染原因,先前的传统糖皮质激素治疗有效,但在减药过程中疾病复发。托珠单抗和托法替布成功治愈了该患者,停用了糖皮质激素,两年后停用了所有药物。本报告为临床医生提供了一种新的诊断和治疗方法。