Retinopathy in systemic lupus erythematosus.
A 32-year-old black woman with systemic lupus erythematosus went rapidly blind due to severe bilateral retinal vasculitis. The mechanism appeared to be total arrest of the retinal circulation by thrombosis of most of the retinal vasculature including major arterioles.
D000328:Adult; D001167:Arteritis / Q000209:etiology; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*