title: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease after stapedotomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report on Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease that occurred after stapedotomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 46-year-old woman developed bilateral choroiditis, papillitis, and serous retinal detachment 10 days after an uneventful surgical stapedotomy. The diagnosis was confirmed on the basis of the clinical features, fundus fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography findings, and a clinical course with subsequent involvement of the anterior segment, uveitis relapses with serous retinal detachment, and negative laboratory work-up for uveitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease may appear after an uneventful surgical intervention of stapedotomy, suggesting that surgical trauma in the inner ear, a melanocyte-containing organ, may induce an inflammatory response within the eye.
authors.affiliation: Ocular Immunovirology Service, University of Rome, Rome - Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Accorinti
authors.affiliation: Ocular Immunovirology Service, University of Rome, Rome - Italy.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gilardi
authors.affiliation: Ocular Immunovirology Service, University of Rome, Rome - Italy.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nardella
authors.affiliation: Ocular Immunovirology Service, University of Rome, Rome - Italy.
authors.forename: Giulia Maria
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Amorelli
authors.affiliation: Ocular Immunovirology Service, University of Rome, Rome - Italy.
authors.forename: Francesca Romana
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Pesci
mesh_terms: D002833:Choroiditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D010211:Papilledema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013201:Stapes Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014607:Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D003907:Dexamethasone; D008775:Methylprednisolone