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Mutton fat-like subretinal precipitates associated with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease
Kuniko Hamabata1, Kouhei Hashizume, Yohei Ishikawa
1Department of Ophthalmology, Iwate Medical University, School of Medicine, Morioka 020-8505, Japan.
Purpose:
To report a case of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease presenting mutton fat like subretinal precipitates.
Design:
Observational case report.
Methods:
A 52-year-old Japanese woman developed bilateral uvetis with serous retinal detachment and mutton fat like subretinal precipitates.
Results:
According to Opthalmologic, auditory, and systemic examination, we diagnosed the patient with VKH disease. Inflamation was controlled by three time steroid therapy and subretinal fluid and precipitates decreased and disappeared.
Conclusions:
Subretinal granulomatous lesion may present a manifestation of VKH and mean long standing subretinal fluid and inflammation.
