Author(s)

Ng Chun Ruh¹, She Poh Fong², Ong Ming Jew², Loh Yet Lin¹

¹Unit Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Hospital Sultan Ismail, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
²Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Sultan Ismail, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.

Impaired visual acuity was the first presentation in a 32-year-old lady who was subsequently diagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at 6 mon- ths post delivery. We report a rare case of Purtscher-like retinopathy in a SLE patient, its clinical presentation, funduscopic findings and response to steroid, panretinal photocoagulation and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF).

SLE, Purtscher-Like Retinopathy, Visual Acuity, Mycophenolate Mofetil

Ruh, N.C., Fong, S.P., Jew, O.M. and Lin, L.Y. (2021) Purtscher-Like Retinopathy as First Presentation in a Newly Diagnosed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patient and Its Response to Treatment. Open Access Library Journal, 8, 1-9. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1107485.