A Case of Recurrent Transient Monocular Blindness in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patient with Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 20(5); 2002 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2002;20(5): 537-539.

"항인지질항체증후군을 동반한 전신홍반루푸스 환자에서 생긴 반복적인 일과성 단안실명 1예"

배준석 , 김지언 ·권영미 ·김성제 ·최정윤 김채기 이동국

대구가톨릭대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실,내과학교실

A Case of Recurrent Transient Monocular Blindness in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patient with Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

Jun Seok Bae, M.D.

Department of Neurology, Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu

Abstract

"Transient monocular blindness (TMB) may occur in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Several mechanisms have been suspected as the causes of such TMBs. A 32-year-old female patient with SLE presented recur-rent monocular altitudinal visual field defects lasting for several minutes and occurring less than six times per day. Her anticardiolipin antibody level was persistently positive. All cerebrovascular imagings were normal. We report a case of recurrent TMBs in SLE with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, which may have been induced by vasospasm.Key Words : Transient monocular blindness, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Antiphospholipid syndrome"