Bilateral and simultaneous retinal artery occlusion in a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that can affect almost every organ. This article describes a middle-aged woman, previously diagnosed with untreated SLE, who during a severe SLE flare simultaneously presented with a superior nasal artery occlusion in the right eye and a central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) in the left eye. Severe ocular complications, such as CRAO, can occur during an acute flare of the disease in previously asymptomatic SLE.