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Does Systemic Hematological Therapy Influence the Course of Paraproteinemic Keratopathy?
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Medicine; Jan2024, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p565, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The purpose of this article is to evaluate the course of paraproteinemic keratopathy (PPK) in patients undergoing systemic therapy for the underlying hematological disease. Baseline and follow-up examinations included hematological work-up, best-corrected visual acuity, slit-lamp biomicroscopy, and in vivo confocal laser scanning microscopy (IVCM). We included 22 patients with bilateral PPK (aged 68 ± 10.4 years, 11 males). Ten patients with multiple myeloma (MM) underwent on-label systemic therapy. During follow-up, we observed a regression of corneal opacities in three patients under slit-lamp examination and under IVCM, while PPK remained unchanged in seven patients. In three patients with monoclonal gammopathy of ocular significance (MGOS), systemic therapy was initiated off-label to reduce the serum paraprotein load before penetrating keratoplasty (PKP). These patients showed no signs of PPK recurrence for up to 24 months after PKP. In one patient without systemic therapy, a recurrence in corneal grafts occurred within 12 months of PKP. In eight patients without systemic therapy, PPK remained stable. In conclusion, systemic therapy for MM patients reduced corneal opacity in 30% of treated patients. Furthermore, systemic therapy performed before PKP in patients without conventional systemic therapy indication (MGOS) likely postpones PPK recurrence in the corneal graft. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CORNEAL opacity
LASER microscopy
MULTIPLE myeloma
VISUAL acuity
BLOOD diseases
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20770383
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175077742
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13020565