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Lucy Howe, FRCOphth
London, England

Arch Ophthalmol. 1997;115(4):565.

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The article by Rodriguez and coworkers¹ on uveitis referral patterns to a tertiary ophthalmic center reports systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as a common cause of anterior uveitis, posterior uveitis, and retinal vasculitis (3.3%, 7.9%, and 15.3%, respectively). The authors state that SLE (along with various other systemic conditions) is an "important and well-known cause of retinal vasculitis," but this is not the case. The authors are apparently making the common mistake of referring to lupus retinopathy as a retinal vasculitis. Indeed the article² that they cite as a reference for the above statement reiterates this point: clinically, inflammation of the anterior chamber or vitreous is not a feature of lupus retinopathy, even in severe disease,^2,3 while pathologically, in keeping with the cerebral vasculopathy,⁴ there is microocclusion rather than vasculitis.⁵ However, inflammatory infiltration of the choroid has been reported,⁵ and it has been postulated that . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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