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Past IssueVolume 8, Number 6, December 2006
Recalcitrant Rubeosis Iridis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Andrew Keat Eu Lim,1 Shueh Lin Lim,2 Keat Ween Khaw1
1Department of Ophthalmology, and 2Department of Medicine, Penang Hospital, Penang, Malaysia

Unilateral ischaemic retinopathy resulting in vitreous haemorrhage and neovascular glaucoma is an uncommon presentation in systemic lupus erythematosus. This report describes a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus with recalcitrant rubeosis iridis.

Key words:
Lupus erythematosus, systemic, Neovascular glaucoma, Retinal diseases, Vitreous hemorrhage

Asian J Ophthalmol
2006;8:250-251.


 
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