Choroidal Folds in Acute Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease

Abstract

Purpose: To shed light on the clinical significance of choroidal folds (CFs) in acute Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (VKH). Methods: Twenty-three acute uveitic VKH patients diagnosed between October 2001 and January 2008 were reviewed retrospectively. Results: Twelve (52%) patients had CFs; for patients with CFs, more had poor initial visual acuity (≤ 0.1 in either eye, p <.05), and more received immunomodulatory therapy (IMT) than those without CFs (p <.05). Patients without CFs had better best-corrected visual acuity (BCV) at final visit (p <.01). Conclusions: CFs are probably a sign of severe choroidal inflammation and associated with corticosteroid resistance and/or dependence, which indicates IMT.

Keywords:

• choroidal folds
• fluorescein angiography
• indocyanine green angiography
• optical coherence tomography
• Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease