[Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome: a serious and rare emergency in children].
Uveitis in children is a rare disease, often going undiagnosed. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome, a uveomeningeal disease from an autoimmune process, rarely affects children, but an early diagnosis is essential in order to begin systemic corticosteroid therapy within the shortest delay possible for a better visual prognosis. We report a case of a 10-year-old boy, already treated with corticosteroids for the last 3 years for a nephrotic syndrome, referred for a sudden decrease in visual acuity affecting both eyes, associated with typical cutaneous manifestations of the disease.
Clinique universitaire de pédiatrie, CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble cedex 09, France. AVenaille@chu-grenoble.fr
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D002648:Child; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014607:Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy