[Serous retinal detachment in systemic erithematosus lupus during corticosteroid therapy].
METHODS
A young female patient with systemic lupus erithematosus, inactive for a long period, is described. She develops bilateral serous detachments of the retinal pigment epithelium and neurosensory retina after corticosteroid therapy for a residual nephritis.


CONCLUSIONS
This unusual chorioretinopathy has been reported in association with systemic lupus erithematosus and during corticosteroid therapy in many disorders. This patient, with low activity erithematosus lupus, develops serous retinal detachments after receiving corticosteroid therapy that damage the coriocapillary-pigment epithelium barrier, disordered in lupus patients.
Barbón García
J J
JJ
Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital San Agustín de Avilés, Asturias, España. jjbarbon@telecable.es
Alvarez Suárez
M L
ML
Alvarez Navascués
R
R
Viña Escalar
C
C
Guerediaga Madariaga
J
J
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011241:Prednisone