Sánchez-Vicente JL, Gálvez-Carvajal S, Medina-Tapia A, Rueda T, González-García L, Szewc M, Muñoz-Morales A. Churg-Strauss syndrome associated with antiphospholipid antibodies in a patient with retinal vasculitis.
ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016;
91:547-550. [PMID:
27068137 DOI:
10.1016/j.oftal.2016.03.003]
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Abstract
CASE REPORT
We present the case of a 69-year-old woman with unilateral retinal vasculitis. Investigations showed asthma, rhinosinusitis, nasal polyposis, peripheral blood eosinophilia, increased sedimentation rate, proteinuria, and antiphospholipid antibodies. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) were negative.
DISCUSSION
Although her anti-neutrophil cytoplasmatic antibody (ANCA) status was negative, taking into account the other clinical and laboratory features, retinal vasculitis was thought to be an ocular manifestation of Churg-Strauss syndrome. Treatment was started with high-dose corticosteroids and anticoagulant therapy.
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