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Angle closure glaucoma as a presenting sign of Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada syndrome
  1. S R RATHINAM,
  2. P NAMPERUMALSAMY
  1. Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai - 625 020, India
  2. The Francis I Proctor Foundation and the Department of Ophthalmology
  3. UCSF, Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143–0944, USA
  1. ROBERT A NOZIK,
  2. EMMETT T CUNNINGHAM, JR
  1. Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai - 625 020, India
  2. The Francis I Proctor Foundation and the Department of Ophthalmology
  3. UCSF, Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143–0944, USA
  1. Dr Emmett T Cunningham, Jr.

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Editor,—Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome is an uncommon disorder characterised by panuveitis in association with neurological and cutaneous abnormalities including headache, tinnitus, vitiligo, poliosis, and alopecia. VKH syndrome almost always affects more heavily pigmented individuals, and is seen in women more than twice as often as men, typically in the third and fourth decades of life. The aetiology of VKH syndrome is unknown, although an autoimmune reaction to shared uveal, dermal, and meningeal melanocytes seems most probable.1

We describe here three patients with VKH syndrome who presented with angle closure glaucoma.

CASE REPORTS

Case 1

A 37-year-old Asian Indian woman presented with a 4 day history of bilateral eye pain, redness, decreased vision, and headache. Vision was right eye 6/36 and 6/6 left eye. Intraocular pressure was 22 mm Hg …

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