Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Choroidal Inflammation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease

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Title Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, December 2004, Volume 24, Issue 4
Date 2004-12
Language eng
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Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xq0b1q

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Title Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Choroidal Inflammation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease
Creator Vaphiades, MS; Read, RW
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama. 35233, USA. vaph@uab.edu
Abstract Acute binocular visual loss, photophobia, headache, and pulsatile tinnitus developed in a 51-year-old woman. Ophthalmologic examination showed bilateral optic disc edema with peripapillary nerve fiber layer hemorrhages. Lumbar puncture disclosed a monocytic pleocytosis. A diagnosis of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease was made. Magnetic resonance imaging showed striking enhancement and thickening of the posterior ocular wall. A macular star figure appeared several days after prednisone treatment was begun. Laboratory evaluation was entirely negative. Within weeks, the clinical manifestations had resolved except for retinal striae. This is the third report of the magnetic resonance imaging visualization of choroidal inflammation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease and shows the imaging abnormalities in finer detail than earlier reports.
Subject Choroid/pathology; Humans; Inflammation/pathology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods; Male; Middle Older people; Papilledema/etiology; Papilledema/pathology; Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome/complications; Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome/pathology
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Format application/pdf
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 225332
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xq0b1q/225332