Enfermedad de Vogt-Koyanagi-Haradauna causa rara de uveítis
- L. Caride López
- Lorenzo de Benito Basanta
- Manuel Sorribas Bustelo
- Alfonso Bao Corral
- José Ramón Fernández Lorenzo
ISSN: 0001-6640
Year of publication: 2017
Volume: 75
Issue: 7-8
Pages: 141-143
Type: Article
More publications in: Acta pediátrica española
Abstract
The Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome (VKH) is a bilateral, diffuse granulomatous uveitis associated with poliosis, vitiligo, alopecia, and central nervous system and auditory signs. This inflammatory syndrome is probably the result of an autoimmune mechanism, influenced by genetic factors, and appears to be directed against melanocytes. In the paper is presented a rare case of probably VHK disease in 12-year old caucasian race boy.