Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease: Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of Patients in a Specialized Eye Hospital in Turkey. (August 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ozdal, Pinar; Ozdamar, Yasemin; Yazici, Alper; Teke, Mehmet Y.; Ozturk, Faruk
• Is Part Of: Ocular immunology and inflammation. Volume 22:Number 4(2014)
• Page Start: 277
• Page End: 286
• Publication Date: 2014-08
• Subjects: Eye -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects -- Periodicals; Eye -- Inflammation -- Periodicals; 617.7
• DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2013.856448
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0927-3948

Abstract

<abstract> <title>Abstract</title> <p> <italic>Purpose</italic>: To evaluate clinical and demographic features of Vogt-Kayanagi-Harada disease (VKH) disease in Turkish patients and compare them with previously published data.</p> <p> <italic>Methods</italic>: Demographic and clinical features of 32 patients diagnosed as VKH in a tertiary referral center were retrospectively reviewed.</p> <p> <italic>Results</italic>: The mean age at presentation was 33.6 ± 10.4 years. Seventy-five percent of the patients were female and 62.5% of the patients presented during the last 2 years. The disease was complete in 31.2%, incomplete in 50%, and probable in 18.8% of the patients. The clinical course was acute in 50%, chronic recurrent in 34.4%, and chronic in 15.6%. The most common findings were bilateral serous retinal detachment ± papillitis in acute cases and retinal pigment epithelial changes of the macula in chronic cases.</p> <p> <italic>Conclusions</italic>: Although rare in Turkey, VKH disease seems to have increased during the last few years. The disease is incomplete and acute in half of the patients and has a quite good visual prognosis.</p> </abstract>