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Retinal vein occlusion in two patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome
1Department of Internal Medicine, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Busan, Korea.
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
|February 22, 2002
Abstract:
Primary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a disease producing vascular thrombus with antiphospholipid antibody without association with autoimmune diseases as systemic lupus erythematosus. Retinal vein occlusion is a rare vascular manifestation in primary APS. We describe 2 cases of primary APS presenting with developing blurred vision. Each had central retinal vein occlusion and high titer of IgG anticardiolipin antibody.