BILATERAL TRANSIENT KERATOENDOTHELIITIS ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS

Numerous ocular manifestations have been attributed to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and other collagen vascular diseases. Only one rep ort has been published discussing an entity of transient corneal edema associated with SLE, which was attributed to keratoendotheliitis. We report the case of a 45-year-old woman with long-standing SLE and seve re central nervous system involvement in whom bilateral transient corn eal edema developed that was responsive to topical and systemic cortic osteroid treatment over a four-week period We believe this case may al so represent an inflammatory keratoendotheliitis associated with SLE.