Retina · 1990 · 62 citations · 0 references
MedicineOphthalmologyPathologyAutoimmunityOcular DiseaseOcular PathologyAutoimmune Ocular DiseaseRetinal DiseaseRetinal DisordersRetinal PathologyRetinal Vascular DiseaseSystemic Lupus ErythematosusAntibodiesAutoantibodies In Eye DiseaseOcular VasculitisRetinal AutoantibodiesRetinal VasculopathySystemic Lupus Erythematosus - Associated Ocular DiseaseSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Associations
Three patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) associated with anti-phospholipid antibodies are reported. All three had severe vaso-occlusive disease: the first had an unilateral vaso-occlusive retinopathy, the second an unilateral central retinal venous obstruction, and the third a bilateral ischemic choroidopathy. The association of these occlusive ocular vascular diseases with the presence of the lupus anticoagulant and other associated factors in SLE is discussed.