PMID- 8644547
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19960712
LR  - 20151008
IS  - 0029-0203 (Print)
IS  - 0029-0203 (Linking)
VI  - 100
IP  - 4
DP  - 1996 Apr
TI  - [A case of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease associated with aortitis syndrome].
PG  - 326-31
AB  - This in a case report of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease associated with aortitis 
      syndrome in a 44-year-old female. She was diagnosed as having aortitis syndrome 
      twenty years ago, and has been treated with systemic corticosteroids. At the 
      first ophthalmic examination, her visual acuity was 0.2 (n. c.) in the right eye 
      and 0.4(0.5) in the left eye. Inflammatory cells in the anterior chamber of the 
      left eye and bilateral serous retinal detachment were observed. Fluorescein 
      angiography revealed subretinal pooling of fluorescein. In the systemic 
      examination, pleocytosis of the cerebrospinal fluid and human leukocyte antigen 
      (HLA) types DR2 and DR4 were also found. We diagnosed the condition as Harada's 
      disease from these findings, and then applied systemic administration of 
      corticosteroids. After the treatment, the bilateral serous retinal detachment 
      immediately disappeared, and the visual acuity improved to (1.0). 
      Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease associated with aortitis syndrome is very rare, 
      because it has never been reported previously. It is possible that there is some 
      unknown common mechanism in these two diseases, but it is more probable that this 
      case was simply coincidental.
FAU - Kiriyama, M
AU  - Kiriyama M
AD  - Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ryukyu, Okinawa, 
      Japan.
FAU - Sato, T
AU  - Sato T
FAU - Koseki, Y
AU  - Koseki Y
FAU - Yamakawa, R
AU  - Yamakawa R
FAU - Nagataki, S
AU  - Nagataki S
LA  - jpn
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Japan
TA  - Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi
JT  - Nippon Ganka Gakkai zasshi
JID - 7505716
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aortic Arch Syndromes/*complications
MH  - Autoimmune Diseases/complications
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome/*complications
EDAT- 1996/04/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/04/01 00:01
CRDT- 1996/04/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi. 1996 Apr;100(4):326-31.