Diffuse anterior scleritis during OKT3 monoclonal antibody therapy for renal transplant rejection

Can J Ophthalmol. 1992 Feb;27(1):22-4.

Abstract

OKT3, a murine monoclonal antibody, is a potent, specific immunosuppressive agent used in solid-organ transplantation both as an adjunct during induction therapy and for treatment of steroid-resistant graft rejection. Minor, self-limiting ocular complications are often seen with this drug, of which conjunctivitis is the most common, occurring in approximately three-quarters of patients. We describe the more serious and previously unreported complication of diffuse anterior scleritis, which developed on the fifth day of OKT3 therapy in a 47-year-old man who had undergone cadaveric renal transplantation. Despite continuation of OKT3 treatment the scleritis resolved rapidly with increased dosages of prednisone.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Graft Rejection
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muromonab-CD3 / adverse effects*
  • Muromonab-CD3 / therapeutic use
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Scleritis / drug therapy
  • Scleritis / etiology*

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Muromonab-CD3
  • Prednisolone