Retinal Pigment Epithelium Detachment in Acute Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease: An Unusual Finding at Presentation.

Ocul Immunol Inflamm

a Department of Ophthalmology, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine , University of Monastir, Monastir , Tunisia.

Published: December 2019

: To report the cases of two patients who presented with acute Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease and associated retinal pigment epithelium detachment (PED). : 2 case reports. : A 22-year-old male patient complained of acute bilateral decrease in vision. Initial best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 20/63, OU. There was 1+ vitreous cells, OU, exudative retinal detachment (ERD) in the right eye (RE), and a macular deep yellow lesion suggestive of PED in the left eye (LE). : A 40-year-old female patient presented with bilateral vision blurring. BCVA was 20/40 in the RE and 20/32 in the LE. There was 1+ vitreous cells OU, bilateral optic disc swelling and retinal striae. : Multimodal imaging showed features of acute VKH disease with associated PED in the two patients. ERD and PED resolved under oral prednisone and cyclosporine in both cases. : PED may rarely occur in acute VKH disease at presentation.

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