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Acute Vision Loss in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Bilateral Combined Retinal Artery and Vein Occlusion As a Catastrophic Form of Clinical Flare Publisher Pubmed



Akhlaghi M1 ; Abtahinaeini B2 ; Pourazizi M1
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Source: Lupus Published:2018


Abstract

Presentation of a combination of branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO)/central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) and central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is extremely rare. Herein, we have presented the case of a 29-year-old female with SLE, who simultaneously developed bilateral CRVO and BRAO/CRAO in the absence of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) as a catastrophic form of clinical flare. A combinatorial diagnosis of CRVO and BRAO/CRAO should be considered during clinical flare-up in a patient with SLE who presents with rapidly progressive visual loss. © 2017, © The Author(s) 2017.
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