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Corneal anesthesia in a case with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome
D Brouzas1, D Chatzoulis, E Galina
1Department of Ophthalmology, Ippokration General Hospital of Athens, Greece.
Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
|August 1, 1997
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.