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21533311

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-5-2
pubmed:abstractText
This is a case-report of a patient who came to our Eye Emergency Room for acute onset of myopia and asthenia. The purpose is to evaluate the causes of acute myopia in a 28 year old woman with a family history of rheumatic diseases and a positive antibody titer (ANA). The UBM-study showed a 360° choroidal effusion and the hematological analysis showed mild anemia, lymphocytosis and ANA antibodies were positive. All that signs could suggest a vasculitis-like onset of an autoimmune disease, involving the eye first. Although the diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) or other autoimmune diseases cannot be confirmed according to the rheumatologic criteria, the vasculitic ocular manifestations with positive antibodies in the young woman need further evaluation because it seems to be enough to refer the patient to a rheumatology follow-up.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1972-6007
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
162
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
e63-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Acute myopia: might be a presenting symptom of rheumatic disease? A case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Sense Organs - Ophthalmology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy. filippo.cruciani@tin.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports