Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome in Brazilian Children

ABSTRACT

Purpose To evaluate the characteristics of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome in Brazilian children.

Methods Clinical data were obtained from the medical records of six children with VKH disease from March 2014 to June 2018 at the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Results Six patients met the diagnostic criteria for VKH. The patients, who ranged in age from 5 to 8 years, all presented with chronic disease. The most common ocular finding was abnormal fundus pigmentation in five patients followed by band keratopathy in four. Two patients had glaucoma, cataract, and subretinal neovascularization. The final visual acuity was less than 20/40 in 50% of the eyes.

Conclusion Visual outcomes were favorable in half of patients depending on the long-term sequelae. VKH is rarely reported in children and it may be sight-threatening, and requires careful attention, being an important differential diagnosis.

Keywords:

• Band keratopathy
• children
• nummular chorioretinal depigmented lesions
• uveitis
• Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome

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