A Case of Bilateral Optic Disc Edema and Periphlebitis Preceding Cerebral Vasculitis in a patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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Identifier 20140304_nanos_posters_238
Title A Case of Bilateral Optic Disc Edema and Periphlebitis Preceding Cerebral Vasculitis in a patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Creator Jason Barton; Imran Jivraj; Martin Sutton Brown
Affiliation (IJ) University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; (JB) (MSB) University of British Columbia , Vancouver, BC, Canada
Subject Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Bilateral Optic Disc Edema; Retinal Vasculitis; Cerebral Vasculitis
Description Ophthalmic manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) are common and diverse. Optic nerve involvement occurs in 1% of patients with SLE, most frequently presenting as optic neuritis or inflammatory optic neuropathy. We describe a case of bilateral optic disc edema and periphlebitis which preceded the onset of retinal and cerebral vasculitis.
Date 2014-03-04
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2014 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2014: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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