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Abstract #81116 Published in IGR 20-3
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome in Brazilian Children
Marquezan MC; Nascimento H; Dalbem D; Muccioli C; Belfort ROcular Immunology and Inflammation 2019; 0: 1-7
To evaluate the characteristics of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome in Brazilian children. M Clinical data were obtained from the medical records of six children with VKH disease from March 2014 to June 2018 at the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil. Six patients met the diagnostic criteria for VKH. The patients, who ranged in age from 5 to 8 years, all presented with chronic disease. The most common ocular finding was abnormal fundus pigmentation in five patients followed by band keratopathy in four. Two patients had glaucoma, cataract, and subretinal neovascularization. The final visual acuity was less than 20/40 in 50% of the eyes. Visual outcomes were favorable in half of patients depending on the long-term sequelae. VKH is rarely reported in children and it may be sight-threatening, and requires careful attention, being an important differential diagnosis.
a Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences , Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP , Sao Paulo , Brazil.
Full articleClassification:
9.4.6 Glaucomas associated with inflammation, uveitis (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders)
9.4.15 Glaucoma in relation to systemic disease (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders)
