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Pseudotumoral and Multiple Retinal Pigment Epithelium Proliferation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease

Authors :
Juan B. Yepez
Felipe Murati
Michele Petitto
J. Fernando Arevalo
Source :
Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, Vol 2015 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Wiley, 2015.

Abstract

We report a case of pseudotumoral retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) proliferation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease, in a 50-year-old female who presented with a juxtapapillary and peripheral subretinal hyperpigmented lesions in the left eye and “sunset glow fundus,” hyperpigmented striae, and multiple atrophic chorioretinal spots in the periphery. The darkly pigmented exuberant larger subretinal mass extended to the periphery with associated subretinal fibrosis. This patient demonstrated the entire clinical presentation of VKH disease, which tends to course with a chronic, bilateral, granulomatous panuveitis and exudative retinal detachment associated with poliosis, vitiligo, alopecia, and central nervous system and auditory signs. Our case is unique for the presence of exuberant, pseudotumoral RPE proliferation at the juxtapapillary region and peripheral area. Although this complication has rarely been reported, a high index of suspicion is warranted for early diagnosis and avoids unnecessary treatments of a pseudotumor.

Subjects

Subjects :
Ophthalmology
RE1-994

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20906722 and 20906730
Volume :
2015
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.42201935243429c8c2697c757fd3f47
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/153831