Sudden unilateral blindness in a girl with Kawasaki disease.
This article describes a 9-year-old girl with clinical and laboratory features of Kawasaki disease. On day 7 of her febrile illness, she developed sudden loss of vision in the right eye. Visual acuity was no light perception. Dilated funduscopy showed diffuse intense retinal whitening, narrowing retinal arterioles, and a pale swollen disk-but no cherry-red spot. These findings suggested ophthalmic artery obstruction. Kawasaki disease can be sight-threatening.
Farvardin
Majid
M
Department of Ophthalmology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Kashef
Sara
S
Aleyasin
Soheila
S
Nabavizadeh
Sayed Hesameddin
SH
Sajjadi
Madjan
M
Safari
Mojgan
M
D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D009880:Ophthalmic Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D014792:Visual Acuity