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Minerva Oftalmologica 2017 December;59(4):95-106

DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4903.17.01782-2

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Ocular manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus

Anna J. RAMOS FONTANARI ¹, Mila RODRIGUES CONQUEIRA CORREIA LIMA ¹, Bruna BRITTO da CRUZ ¹, Manuel A. PEREIRA VILELA ², Umberto LOPES de OLIVEIRA FILHO ¹, Daniel BRITO de ARAUJO ¹ ✉

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil; ² Department of Clinical Surgery, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that has a variable clinical presentation, disease course, and prognosis. In SLE, any of the various layers of the eye could be targeted by inflammation, ranging from mild manifestations with a low sight-threatening risk, like keratoconjunctivitis sicca, to serious ones like retinal vasculitis or optic neuritis that could lead to irreversible visual loss

KEY WORDS: Systemic lupus erythematosus - Ophthalmology - Vision disorders