Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Youssouf Benmoh

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• Case Report
  Stellar Neuroretinitis Revealing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus without Antiphospholopid Syndrome
  Author(s): Kawtar Zaoui, Youssouf Benmoh, Ahmed Bourazza and Karim Reda Kawtar Zaoui, Youssouf Benmoh, Ahmed Bourazza and Karim Reda
  
  Introduction: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune systemic disease with multiple faces, secondary to auto-reacting antibodies targeting nuclear antigen. The optic nerve involvement is reported in less than 1% of SLE, dominated by optic neuritis and optic ischemic neuropathy. neuroretinitis is defined as an inflammation of optic nerve and neural retina. We report a rare case of neuroretinitis as revealing form of SLE in young man. Case report: 14 y old teenager boy, previously healthy, presented one month before his admission, rapidly progressive bilateral visual loss with no associated signs. Visual acuity evaluation revealed visual loss estimated to 2/10 right eye and 3/10 left eye with correction. Eye fundus objectified bilateral stellar macular with intermacularoptic disc exudates and moderate papillar pallor. The macular OCT.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9570.1000769

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