TY - JOUR
T1 - Getting to the Heart of the Matter
AU - Gaunt, Morgan
AU - Davis, Patricia
AU - Lee, Andrew G.
AU - Lee, Michael S.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - A 21-year-old Hispanic woman presented with a history of spontaneous miscarriage developed palpable purpura and transient visual loss followed by permanent vision loss OD, secondary to a central retinal artery occlusion with concomitant optic disk edema. The differential diagnosis for vascular occlusion in systemic lupus erythematosus includes antiphospholipid antibody, systemic lupus erythematosus-related vasculitis, hypercoaguable state, or Libman-Sachs endocarditis.
AB - A 21-year-old Hispanic woman presented with a history of spontaneous miscarriage developed palpable purpura and transient visual loss followed by permanent vision loss OD, secondary to a central retinal artery occlusion with concomitant optic disk edema. The differential diagnosis for vascular occlusion in systemic lupus erythematosus includes antiphospholipid antibody, systemic lupus erythematosus-related vasculitis, hypercoaguable state, or Libman-Sachs endocarditis.
KW - differential diagnosis
KW - Libman-Sachs endocarditis
KW - systemic lupus erythematosus
KW - vision loss
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U2 - 10.1016/j.survophthal.2008.08.017
DO - 10.1016/j.survophthal.2008.08.017
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 19026323
AN - SCOPUS:56049103059
SN - 0039-6257
VL - 53
SP - 636
EP - 640
JO - Survey of Ophthalmology
JF - Survey of Ophthalmology
IS - 6
ER -