OCTA, a sensitive screening for asymptomatic retinopathy, raises alarm over systemic involvements in patients with SLE

Correspondence to Dr Masayuki Nishide, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; nishide@imed3.med.osaka-u.ac.jp We have read with great interest the letter by Conigliaro et al 1 regarding the usefulness of an optical coh...

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Published inAnnals of the rheumatic diseases Vol. 79; no. 2; p. e17
Main Authors Mizuno, Yumiko, Nishide, Masayuki, Wakabayashi, Taku, Nishida, Kohji, Kumanogoh, Atsushi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism 01.02.2020
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Angiogenesis
Angiography
Asymptomatic
autoimmune diseases
Basal ganglia
Correspondence
disease activity
Headache
Headaches
Hospitalization
Humans
inflammation
Lupus
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical imaging
Microvasculature
Patients
Retina
Retinopathy
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Tomography
Tomography, Optical Coherence
treatment
Japan
autoimmune diseases
disease activity
treatment
systemic lupus erythematosus
inflammation
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Summary:Correspondence to Dr Masayuki Nishide, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; nishide@imed3.med.osaka-u.ac.jp We have read with great interest the letter by Conigliaro et al 1 regarding the usefulness of an optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) for evaluating retinal microvasculature in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A branch of the retinal vein was occluded and an extensive avascular area was detected by wide-angle OCTA (figure 1A). [...]headache and manic-depressive disorder appeared with bilateral macular shadows in the basal ganglia on head MRI fluid-attenuated inversion recovery images. Evaluation of retinal microvascular density in patients affected by systemic lupus erythematosus: an optical coherence tomography angiography study.
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ISSN:0003-4967
1468-2060
DOI:10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214751