Acquired Brown's Syndrome in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Overview

Journal Ann Rheum Dis

Specialty Rheumatology

Date 1993 Jan 1

PMID 8427518

Citations 14

Authors

J L Alonso-Valdivielso

B Alvarez Lario

J Alegre Lopez

M J Sedano Tous

A Buitrago Gomez

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Abstract

A 27 year old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) developed vertical diplopia with an apparent bilateral inferior oblique muscle palsy, resulting in a limitation of elevation of the globe in adduction. It resolved with systemic steroid treatment. A transient tenosynovitis affecting the superior oblique tendons was the probable underlying pathological mechanism. This is the first described case of Brown's syndrome associated with SLE.

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