SEVERE RETINOPATHY IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS ASSOCIATED WITH IGG ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODIES

A six-year-old boy with systemic lupus erythematosus developed insidio usly a monolateral serous retinal detachment leading to severe visual loss. Serial determinations of anticardiolipin antibodies showed the p resence of IgG anticardiolipin antibodies only at the time of ocular i nvolvement. This case underlines the need for regular ophthalmologic e valuation in children with active systemic lupus erythematosus and sup ports the. previous hypothesis of a relationship between antiphospholi pid antibodies and retinal involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus .