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Supplemental Figure 1.Time interval from baseline to the onset of inflammation
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In this study, 14 (77.8%) eyes developed IOI that presented within 3 months after intravitreal brolucizumab (IVBr)
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administration. In 11 eyes with IVBr-associated IOI, time interval from initial IVBr administration to the onset of
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inflammation was 1 month. The onset of anterior or intermediate uveitis was equally distributed from 1 month to 5
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months after IVBr. In contrast, inflammation developed within 3 months after IVBr in all cases of posterior or pan-
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Supplemental Figure 2
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Case 1: An 86-year-old man had a BCVA of 1.39 logMAR in the left eye at baseline after 35 injections of other
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anti-VEGF drugs for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). Color fundus photography (CFP) of
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the left eye showed mild macular atrophy with RPE depigmentation (arrow). (a) OCT image of the left eye showed
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incomplete RORA with shallow SRF and PED at the macula before the initial intravitreal brolucizumab (IVBr)
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administration. (b) Four months after the initial IVBr administration when anterior uveitis occurred, his left eye
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vision was 1.52 logMAR BCVA. CFP showed no haze at 4 months. (c) OCT showed a decreased but still shallow
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SRF. (d) At that time, his left eye developed anterior uveitis with small KPs (arrowheads) and 1+ cells in the
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anterior chamber along with 1+ cells in the anterior vitreous. (e) CFP showed no remarkable findings aside from
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macular atrophy at 5 months. (f) OCT showed no change at 5 months (g) compared with OCT at 4 months (d). At
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that time, his left eye vision was 1.69 logMAR BCVA.
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BCVA, best-corrected visual acuity; KP, keratic precipitates; OCT, optical coherence tomography; PED, pigment
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epithelial detachment; RORA, retinal pigment epithelial and outer retinal atrophy; SRF, sub retinal fluid
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Supplemental Figure 3
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Case 2: A 76-year-old man with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) in the left eye. His left eye
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BCVA was 0.22 logMAR at baseline. At that time, color fundus photography (CFP) showed subretinal fluid at the
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macula (a), and OCT showed subretinal fluid and SHRM (arrow) at the macula. (b) One month later, he developed
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pan-uveitis in the left eye. His left eye vision decreased to 1.39 logMAR BCVA. CFP showed significant haze (2+).
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(c) No subretinal fluid and mild residual SHRM were noted on OCT. The image quality was poor because of vitritis.
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(d) There were diffuse fine KPs (e) and fibrin in the anterior chamber (arrowheads) (f) with anterior inflammation in
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the left eye. He started betamethasone eye drops 4 times daily and received subtenon’s triamcinolone acetonide 20
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mg on his left eye. Two months later, his left eye was unremarkable, although his left eye vision was 1.04 logMAR
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BCVA. At that time, CFP showed no subretinal fluid at the macula (g), and OCT showed no subretinal fluid and no
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SHRM at the macula. (h)
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BCVA, best-corrected visual acuity; OCT, optical coherence tomography; KPs, keratic precipitates; SHRM,
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subretinal hyperreflective material
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