EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology
Contributor:
William Charles Caccamise Sr,MD, Retired Clinical Asst Prof of Ophthal. U.of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Category: Uveitis
Diagnosis: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome - a textbook case
Image Comments:
The Photograph was taken by Dr. Caccamise at the Kurji Holy Family Hospital Eye Clinic on the banks of the Ganges in February 1964.This is the classic picture of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome. The patient was blind in both eyes due to a granulomatous panuveitis. The vitiligo pattern is textbook. Reference: Fitzpatrick,Dermatology in General Medicine,p. 1805,2nd ed., 1979. Also, Yanoff and Fine, Ocular Pathology, p. 104, 1975.
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