CORNEAL ANESTHESIA IN A CASE WITH VOGT-KOYANAGI-HARADA SYNDROME

Citation
D. Brouzas et al., CORNEAL ANESTHESIA IN A CASE WITH VOGT-KOYANAGI-HARADA SYNDROME, Acta ophthalmologica Scandinavica, 75(4), 1997, pp. 464-465
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
ISSN journal
13953907
Volume
75
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
464 - 465
Database
ISI
SICI code
1395-3907(1997)75:4<464:CAIACW>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Purpose: To add clinical features to the discription of the Vogt-Koyan agi-Harada syndrome. Method: Case report. Results: The case presented with a typical medical history of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome, inclu ding headaches, low-grade fever, nuchal rigidity, and from the eyes bi lateral 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 a ccommodative deficit. Conclusion: Corneal anesthesia, tonic pupils and accommodative impairment can be features of the Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.