Purpose: To assess the prevalence of the ocular manifestations related to the disease and/or ascribable to the administration of potentially toxic drugs in a cohort of 98 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods: Retrospective, observational study reporting the experience of two tertiary referral centers. Results: Overall, an ocular involvement was detected in 29 patients (29.6%), sometimes preceding of months the diagnosis of SLE, more often revealed at diagnosis or throughout its course. More than a single ocular manifestation was found in 20 of the 29 patients with ophthalmological findings (68.9%). The array of ocular morbidity included, in a decreasing order of frequency, cataracts, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, glaucoma, discoid lesions of eyelids, episcleritis, retinopathy, vortex keratopathy, choroidopathy and retinal detachment, central retinal vein occlusion, and hydroxychloroquine-induced toxic maculopathy. Conclusions: It is advised that a multidisciplinary team for the diagnosis and treatment of SLE should regularly include the presence of an ophthalmologist.

Ocular Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Experience of Two Tertiary Referral Centers / Dammacco, Rosanna; Procaccio, Pasquale; Racanelli, Vito; Vacca, Angelo; Dammacco, Franco. - In: OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION. - ISSN 0927-3948. - 26:8(2018), pp. 1154-1165. [10.1080/09273948.2018.1501495]

Ocular Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Experience of Two Tertiary Referral Centers

Racanelli, Vito;
2018-01-01

Abstract

Purpose: To assess the prevalence of the ocular manifestations related to the disease and/or ascribable to the administration of potentially toxic drugs in a cohort of 98 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods: Retrospective, observational study reporting the experience of two tertiary referral centers. Results: Overall, an ocular involvement was detected in 29 patients (29.6%), sometimes preceding of months the diagnosis of SLE, more often revealed at diagnosis or throughout its course. More than a single ocular manifestation was found in 20 of the 29 patients with ophthalmological findings (68.9%). The array of ocular morbidity included, in a decreasing order of frequency, cataracts, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, glaucoma, discoid lesions of eyelids, episcleritis, retinopathy, vortex keratopathy, choroidopathy and retinal detachment, central retinal vein occlusion, and hydroxychloroquine-induced toxic maculopathy. Conclusions: It is advised that a multidisciplinary team for the diagnosis and treatment of SLE should regularly include the presence of an ophthalmologist.
2018
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Dammacco, Rosanna; Procaccio, Pasquale; Racanelli, Vito; Vacca, Angelo; Dammacco, Franco
Ocular Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Experience of Two Tertiary Referral Centers / Dammacco, Rosanna; Procaccio, Pasquale; Racanelli, Vito; Vacca, Angelo; Dammacco, Franco. - In: OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION. - ISSN 0927-3948. - 26:8(2018), pp. 1154-1165. [10.1080/09273948.2018.1501495]
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