A Case of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome.
- Author:
Won Seek KIM
1
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Woo Sok University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Alopecia;
Glaucoma;
Hearing;
Hyperglycemia;
Iris;
Leukocytosis;
Neurologic Examination;
Reflex;
Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome*;
Vitiligo
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1971;12(4):181-184
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
A case of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome was presented with some clinical observation. Special feature was the presence of cyst-like elevated portions at the peripheral iris, in addition to secondary glaucoma, alopecia, poliosis and vitiligo. Of the iris, the surface of elevated portion was thin and depigmented. A light red fundus reflex was observed through the surface of iris cyst as in case of the albino and neovascularization was seen in the peripheral iris. Neither hyperglycemia in blood nor pleocytosis of spinal fluid was found in laboratory examination. In neurological examination including hearing disturbance, none of abnormality was found.
