title: Ultrasound biomicroscopic analysis of transient shallow anterior chamber in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tawara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishioka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inomata
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D003907:Dexamethasone