Corneal anesthesia in a case with Vogt‐Koyanagi‐Harada syndrome

• Published in: Acta ophthalmologica Scandinavica Vol. 75; no. 4; pp. 464 - 465
• Main Authors: Brouzas, Dimitrios, Chatzoulis, Dimitrios, Galina, Eleni, Liaskou, Aikaterini, Koukoulomatis, Pavlos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-08-1997
• Subjects: Accommodation, Ocular - physiology; accommodative impairment; Adult; Cornea - pathology; corneal anesthesia; Corneal Diseases - diagnosis; Corneal Diseases - etiology; Corneal Diseases - physiopathology; Epithelium - pathology; Female; Fluorescein Angiography; Humans; Hypesthesia - diagnosis; Hypesthesia - etiology; Hypesthesia - physiopathology; Pigment Epithelium of Eye - pathology; Pupil - physiology; tonic pupil; Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome - complications; Vogt‐Koyanagi‐Harada syndrome
• ISSN: 1395-3907; 1600-0420
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00415.x

ABSTRACT
Purpose: To add clinical features to the discription 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.