Corneal anesthesia in a case with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.

Abstract

PURPOSE:

To add clinical features to the description of the Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.

METHOD:

Case report.

RESULTS:

The case presented with a typical medical history of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome, including headaches, low-grade fever, nuchal rigidity, and from the eyes bilateral visual loss, a reaction from the anterior chambers, bilateral uveities with localized exudative retinal detachment from the left. In addition there were tonic pupils, anesthesia of the corneas, and an accommodative deficit.

CONCLUSION:

Corneal anesthesia, tonic pupils and accommodative impairment can be features of the Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.

• Authors: D Brouzas, D Chatzoulis, E Galina, A Liaskou, P Koukoulomatis
• Journal: Acta ophthalmologica Scandinavica (Acta Ophthalmol Scand) Vol. 75 Issue 4 Pg. 464-5 (Aug 1997) ISSN: 1395-3907 [Print] Denmark
• PMID: 9374262 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Accommodation, Ocular (physiology)
• Adult
• Cornea (pathology)
• Corneal Diseases (diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology)
• Epithelium (pathology)
• Female
• Fluorescein Angiography
• Humans
• Hypesthesia (diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology)
• Pigment Epithelium of Eye (pathology)
• Pupil (physiology)
• Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome (complications)