Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Bilateral Retinal Detachment Associated With Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2016 Sep;32(9):639-41. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000626.

Abstract

We report a case of a 16-year-old girl with acute visual complaints who was diagnosed with bilateral retinal detachment using point-of-case ultrasound and ultimately was diagnosed with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. This case illustrates the use of point-of-care ultrasound by the pediatric emergency physician to recognize the ocular abnormality associated with this rare disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Point-of-Care Systems*
  • Retinal Detachment / diagnostic imaging*
  • Retinal Detachment / drug therapy
  • Retinal Detachment / etiology
  • Ultrasonography / methods*
  • Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / complications
  • Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
  • Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / drug therapy

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids