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Purtscher-like retinopathy in a patient with lupus: a case report

Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi, 2022-02, Vol.28 (1), p.79 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    Purtscher-like retinopathy in a patient with lupus: a case report
  • Author: Cheng, Cynthia KL ; Kenneth KH Lai ; Kuk, Andrew KT ; Lai, Tracy HT ; Wang, Sarah T ; Ko, Simon TC
  • Subjects: Atrophy ; Cotton ; Disease ; Edema ; Hospitals ; Lupus ; Medical imaging ; Nervous system ; Ophthalmology ; Optics ; Patients ; Tomography ; Veins & arteries ; Wool
  • Is Part Of: Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi, 2022-02, Vol.28 (1), p.79
  • Description: Fundus photographs of (a, b) the patient's right eye showingPurtscher flecken (closed arrows), cotton wool spots (open arrow), and a pseudo cherry-red spot (arrowhead); and (c, d) thepatient's left eye showing no unusual findings Urgent optical coherence tomography of the right eye showed hyper-reflectivity in the retinal nerve fibre layer and areas of retinal thickening. Same patient. (a-i) Fundus fluorescein angiography images of the patient's right eye showing superior branch retinal artery occlusion (white arrow) and areas of capillary non-perfusion (blue arrowhead). (j) optical coherence tomography of the patient's right eye showing hyper-reflectivity in the retinal nerve fibre layer (arrow) and areas of retinal thickening (arrowhead) Discussion At least one third of patients with SLE have ophthalmological involvement. Lupus retinopathy can result in severe complications such as neovascularisation, macula oedema and retinal vessel occlusion resulting in vision loss.4 It is known that patients with high S
  • Publisher: Hong Kong: Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
  • Language: Chinese;English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1024-2708
    EISSN: 2226-8707
    DOI: 10.12809/hkmj208960
  • Source: GFMER Free Medical Journals
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