Mutton fat-like subretinal precipitates associated with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease presenting mutton fat like subretinal precipitates.


METHODS
Observational case report.


METHODS
A 52-year-old Japanese woman developed bilateral uvetis with serous retinal detachment and mutton fat like subretinal precipitates.


RESULTS
According to Opthalmologic, auditory, and systemic examination, we diagnosed the patient with VKH disease. Inflamation was controlled by three time steroid therapy and subretinal fluid and precipitates decreased and disappeared.


CONCLUSIONS
Subretinal granulomatous lesion may present a manifestation of VKH and mean long standing subretinal fluid and inflammation.
Hamabata
Kuniko
K
Department of Ophthalmology, Iwate Medical University, School of Medicine, Morioka 020-8505, Japan.
Hashizume
Kouhei
K
Ishikawa
Yohei
Y
Fujiwara
Takamitsu
T
Machida
Shigeki
S
Kurosaka
Daijiro
D
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014607:Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D014792:Visual Acuity
D008775:Methylprednisolone