Bilateral Choroidal Occlusion in Antiphospholipid Syndrome Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
双眼脉络膜阻塞继发于抗磷脂综合征合并系统性红斑狼疮(英文)作者机构:Department of Ophthalmology Peking Union Medical College HospitalChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100730 China
出 版 物:《Chinese Medical Sciences Journal》 (中国医学科学杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2017年第32卷第4期
页 面:269-273页
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主 题:anticardiolipin antibodies antiphospholipid antibodies choroidal vessels systemic lupus erythematosus
摘 要:This article reports a rare case of bilateral choroidal occlusion that occurred in a 24-year-old woman with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This young lady concurred with aorta ventralis thrombosis and bilateral iliac artery occlusion when presented, and experienced a rapid deterioration of vision. She also has a history of recurrent miscarriage. Corticosteroid,immunosuppression and anticoagulation therapy were administered. Patients with APS associated with SLE are at risk for thrombotic phenomena, which may affect the ocular vessels of all sizes, including choroidal *** case alerts ophthalmologists and rheumatologists that bilateral choroidal occlusion may indeed be developed in patients with APS associated with SLE, and is a potential cause of visual morbidity.