Quality of Life (QoL) in Non-Acute Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease (VKHD) at Two Time Points 24 Months Apart.

Aims: To investigate the changes in quality-of-life (QoL) metrics at a 24-month interval in non-acute VKHD patients and their association with inflammation, treatment, and visual function.

Methods: SF-36 and VFQ-25 questionnaires were administered at two 24-month-apart moments to 22 non-acute VKHD patients followed for ≥12 months since acute disease onset. "Improvement," "unchanged," or "worsening" in questionnaires scores (difference >5-point) between M1 and M2 and their associations were sought.

Fingerprint sign in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: a case series.

Background: The tomographic finding, which has been called the "fingerprint sign" in en face reconstructions, seems to be the result of a variety of processes that cause distension of the outer plexiform layer (OPL) and the Henle fiber layer (HFL). The aim of this paper is to describe the appearance of concentric rings at the OPL/HFL interface visualized using en face reconstructions of cross-sectional optical coherence tomography images of patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of images of six eyes of three patients obtained by cross-sectional OCT imaging and en face reconstruction at the level of the OPL/HFL interface.

Surgical correction of retinal folds involving the fovea.

Background And Objective: Retinal folds are a rare complication after retinal detachment repair. Surgery is required if the fovea is involved. There are few surgical reports in the literature, describing various surgical approaches.

Active surveillance of Hansen's Disease (leprosy): importance for case finding among extra-domiciliary contacts.

Hansen's disease (leprosy) remains an important health problem in Brazil, where 34,894 new cases were diagnosed in 2010, corresponding to 15.3% of the world's new cases detected in that year. The purpose of this study was to use home visits as a tool for surveillance of Hansen's disease in a hyperendemic area in Brazil.