Abstract
Purpose :
To report the clinical findings in chronic Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease patients.
Methods :
The current study is a consecutive, comparative case series. The ocular history, medication history and clinical findings of 17 patients clinically diagnosed with chronic VKH at the Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center who were seen during a 2 month period were reviewed.
Results :
Of the 17 patients, 70.6% were female and 100% were Hispanic. The mean age during their last clinical exam was (40.5) years (range, 21-65). Among the 34 eyes, persistently active disease was seen in (35.3%) and quiescent disease was seen in (64.7%). 8.8% of the tested eyes had a visual acuity less or equal to 20/200. The majority of patients were on systemic immunosuppressant medications: 88.2% were on oral corticosteroids and 52.9% were on systemic corticosteroids plus one or more steroid sparing agents (azathioprine, cyclosporine, infliximab, methotrexate or mycophenolate). Ocular manifestations included: chronic anterior uveitis (14.7%), chronic posterior uveitis (14.7%), serous retinal detachment (5.9%), fundus depigmentation (64.7%), nummular scars (58.8%), and retinal pigment epithelium clumping (70.6%). Other findings (on presentation or previously surgical treated) included: cataracts (82.4%) glaucoma (35.3%), choroidal neovascular membranes in (11.8%), and subretinal fibrosis (20.6%).
Conclusions :
In the current study, all VKH patients were of Hispanic ethnicity with a female predominance. Most patients were undergoing treatment with a combination of systemic corticosteroids with immunomodulatory/corticosteroid sparing agents. Despite chronic complications, most patients retained good visual acuity of 20/100 or better with combination of corticosteroids and steroid sparing agents.
This is an abstract that was submitted for the 2016 ARVO Annual Meeting, held in Seattle, Wash., May 1-5, 2016.