Vitiligo in association with vernal keratoconjunctivitis.

Saudi J Ophthalmol

Specialist Eye Hospital, Dhahran, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

Published: June 2016

Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a chronic allergic inflammation of ocular surface involving the tarsal and/or bulbar conjunctiva. Signs of VKC are confined to the conjunctiva and cornea. The skin of the lid remains uninvolved. Here we report a case of 17 year-old male suffering from VKC who develops vitiligo of lid skin and lash poliosis. All ocular and systemic causes of localized skin and lash depigmentation were excluded in our patient by thorough clinical examination and investigations. During regular follow-up for two-year patient did not develop any ocular and systemic illness presenting as vitiligo and poliosis. We believe that VKC was the most possible etiology of Vitiligo of lid and lash poliosis in this patient.

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