Ultrasound biomicroscopic analysis of transient shallow anterior chamber in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the mechanism of formation of the transient shallow anterior chamber in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.


METHODS
Two patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome with shallow anterior chambers were examined with an ultrasound biomicroscope.


RESULTS
A ciliochoroidal detachment, which was not obvious on ophthalmoscopic examination, was clearly demonstrated in both patients by ultra-sound biomicroscopy. The detachment disappeared after systemic corticosteroid therapy.


CONCLUSIONS
The shallowing of the anterior chamber in two patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome was caused by suprachoroidal effusion secondary to inflammation of the uvea.
Kawano
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Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Tawara
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A
Nishioka
Y
Y
Suyama
Y
Y
Sakamoto
H
H
Inomata
H
H
D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014603:Uveal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014607:Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D003907:Dexamethasone