Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Lupus
; 23(3): 319-22, 2014 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) associated with antiphospholipid syndrome can have ocular complications. We report a 44-year-old Chinese lady with recurrent relapses of SLE and antiphospholipid syndrome with high disease activity, presenting with visual distortion in her right eye for 2 months. There was subretinal hemorrhage in her right eye, confirmed on investigations to be choroidal neovascularization secondary to a variant of age-related macular degeneration known as polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy resolved her eye condition. SLE could be associated with PCV via common mechanisms, including complement pathway activation and vasculitis involving the choroidal circulation.
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Vasculite
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Neovascularização de Coroide
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Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico
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Degeneração Macular
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En
Ano de publicação:
2014
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Article
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Singapura