Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2011 Oct;19(5):367-9.
doi: 10.3109/09273948.2011.603879.

Lupus relapse presented as frosted branch retinal angiitis: case report

Sergio E Hernandez-Da Mota  1 , Lourdes Arellanes-Garcia, Claudia Recillas-Gispert, Horacio Cornejo-Ballesteros, Carlos Melgoza-del-Angel, Leobardo Teran-Estrada, Rodrigo Sanchez-Gonzalez
Affiliations
Case Reports

Lupus relapse presented as frosted branch retinal angiitis: case report

Sergio E Hernandez-Da Mota et al. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

Purpose: To describe a systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) relapse, which presented as frosted branch retinal angiitis.

Design: Clinical case report.

Methods: A 16-year-old female patient had an SLE relapse that appeared as frosted branch angiitis while being treated with deflazacort and azathioprine.

Results: Complete resolution of the vasculitis was achieved with a 3-day course of pulsed intravenous methylprednisolone and oral prednisone 3 weeks later.

Conclusions: Even with proper immunosuppressive treatment, SLE can relapse. This case presented as frosted branch retinal angiitis, which is a clinical picture that is rarely described in SLE.

PubMed Disclaimer

Publication types

MeSH terms

LinkOut - more resources