DETECTION OF CHOROIDAL FOLDS IN PATIENTS WITH VOGT-KOYANAGI-HARADA DISEASE BY RETROMODE SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY

Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2016 Spring;10(2):160-4. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000216.

Abstract

Purpose: To determine whether the choroidal folds in patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease can be detected by retromode of a scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) with infrared laser light source.

Methods: The authors examined two patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease at the acute stage by retromode imaging scanning laser ophthalmoscopy with an infrared laser before and after steroid treatment.

Results: The retromode imaging by scanning laser ophthalmoscopy clearly and noninvasively delineated the choroidal folds in both cases. The folds disappeared after steroid treatment and reappeared with recurrences of uveitis.

Conclusion: The retromode imaging by scanning laser ophthalmoscopy can detect the choroidal folds and should be useful for detecting and monitoring the choroidal folds in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Choroid / diagnostic imaging*
  • Choroid Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Choroid Diseases / etiology
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Ophthalmoscopy / methods*
  • Recurrence
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods
  • Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / complications*
  • Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / diagnosis