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Systemic autoimmune diseases are associated with ocular inflammatory conditions such as episcleritis, scleritis, keratitis, and uveitis. However, ocular manifestations have been reported to correlate with the extent of systemic disease. We present a patient with scleritis, keratitis, and orbital cellulitis, as the isolated manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). No microbial etiology was identified and antibiotics did not produce clinical improvement. The patient improved significantly with steroids and disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. Although ocular inflammation has been previously remarked in SLE of systemic severity, in this case there were no other organs with SLE involvement. We briefly discuss the ocular manifestations of SLE, which can involve all segments of the eye, including cornea, sclera, retina, uvea, optic nerve, and orbit.
Lupus 2018 Oct
PMID:Scleritis, keratitis, and orbital cellulitis: isolated ocular manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus. 3009 31