Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome in a 10-year-old child.
A 10-year-old female child attended outpatients department of Regional Institute of ophthalmology, Kolkata with the complaints of gradual dimness of vision of both eyes, recurrent pain, redness and photophobia. On examination, she was found to have bilateral anterior uveitis, poliosis and vitiligo. Laboratory tests were performed to rule out other causes of granulomatous uveitis. She was treated with topical and systemic steroids and topical cycloplegic. Then pars plana vitrectomy with lensectomy was carried out. The vision still remained poor.
Ghosh
Asim Kumar
AK
Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Medical College, Kolkata 700073.
Bhaduri
Gautam
G
Deb
Arindam
A
Singh
Maneesh
M
Das
Kalishankar
K
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014605:Uveitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014607:Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology