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Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome presenting with encephalopathy
VogtKoyanagi-Harada (VKH) is a rare syndrome affecting tissues with melanocytes. The possibility that VKH syndrome has an autoimmune pathogenesis is supported by the high frequency of human leukocyte antigen-DR4 commonly associated with other autoimmune diseases. Eyes are the main affected organ, re...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3724089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956579 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.112490 |
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author | Naeini, Alireza E. Daneshmand, Dana Khorvash, Farzin Chitsaz, Ahmad |
author_facet | Naeini, Alireza E. Daneshmand, Dana Khorvash, Farzin Chitsaz, Ahmad |
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description | VogtKoyanagi-Harada (VKH) is a rare syndrome affecting tissues with melanocytes. The possibility that VKH syndrome has an autoimmune pathogenesis is supported by the high frequency of human leukocyte antigen-DR4 commonly associated with other autoimmune diseases. Eyes are the main affected organ, resulting in blindness. Brain disease as a late onset event is extremely rare. Here, we are reporting a 57-year-old woman with previously diagnosed VKH syndrome, presenting with a late-onset brain encephalopathy. She was treated with corticosteroids and discharged from hospital with good general condition. |
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spelling | pubmed-37240892013-08-16 Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome presenting with encephalopathy Naeini, Alireza E. Daneshmand, Dana Khorvash, Farzin Chitsaz, Ahmad Ann Indian Acad Neurol Case Report VogtKoyanagi-Harada (VKH) is a rare syndrome affecting tissues with melanocytes. The possibility that VKH syndrome has an autoimmune pathogenesis is supported by the high frequency of human leukocyte antigen-DR4 commonly associated with other autoimmune diseases. Eyes are the main affected organ, resulting in blindness. Brain disease as a late onset event is extremely rare. Here, we are reporting a 57-year-old woman with previously diagnosed VKH syndrome, presenting with a late-onset brain encephalopathy. She was treated with corticosteroids and discharged from hospital with good general condition. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3724089/ /pubmed/23956579 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.112490 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Naeini, Alireza E. Daneshmand, Dana Khorvash, Farzin Chitsaz, Ahmad Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome presenting with encephalopathy |
title | Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome presenting with encephalopathy |
title_full | Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome presenting with encephalopathy |
title_fullStr | Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome presenting with encephalopathy |
title_full_unstemmed | Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome presenting with encephalopathy |
title_short | Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome presenting with encephalopathy |
title_sort | vogt-koyanagi-harada syndrome presenting with encephalopathy |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3724089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956579 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.112490 |
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