Journal of Clinical Research and
Ophthalmology
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Citation: Ipek SC, Ayhan Z, Saatci AO (2018) Incomplete Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease and an Innocent Bystander: Unilateral Optic Disc Pit. J Clin Res Ophthalmol
5(1): 001-001. DOI: http://doi.org/10.17352/2455-1414.000043
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Letter to Editor
Incomplete Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada
Disease and an Innocent Bystander:
Unilateral Optic Disc Pit
Sefik Can Ipek
1
, Ziya Ayhan
2
and Ali
Osman Saatci
3
*
1
Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Dokuz
Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
2
Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Dokuz Eylul
University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
3
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Dokuz
Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
Received: 07 December, 2017
Accepted: 03 January, 2018
Published: 04 January, 2018
*Corresponding author: Ali Osman Saatci, Professor,
Department Of Ophthalmology, Dokuz Eylul Univer-
sity School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey,
E-mail:
Keywords: Incomplete Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease,
optic pit.
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Letter to Editor
We present a case with incomplete Vogt-Koyanagi Harada
disease and coexistent unilateral optic disc pit. It is well-known
that optic disc pits can present with intraretinal splitting and
serous retinal detachment [1].
A -41- year old woman with no prior ocular disease history
was diagnosed to have incomplete Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada
disease [2]. Color fundus picture of the left eye (Figure A,B)
disclosed a greyish looking optic disc pit at the temporal disc
quadrant and extensive subfoveal serous retinal detachment.
EDI OCT image (Spectralis, Heidelberg Engineering,
Heidelberg, Germany) revealed localized excavation of the
optic disc temporally (arrow), multilobuler retinal detachment
and remarkable choroidal folds (Figure C).There was also
extensive serous detachment at the right posterior fundus with
abnormal looking optic disc. Two weeks later the serous retinal
detachment subsided dramatically following a three day course
of daily 1 gram methyl-prednisolone and subsequent 56 mg
oral prednisolone. OCT image obtained two weeks after the
initiation of the treatment delineated the optic disc pit (arrow)
and residual serous detachment in the left eye (Figure D).
The present case with a unilateral congenital optic disk pit
developed bilateral serous retinal detachment due to incomplete
Vogt-Koyanagi Harada disease who was successfully treated.
To our best knowledge, the coexistence of optic disc pit and
Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease was not reported previously and
might have caused confusion in the differential diagnosis.
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Figure 1: Left eye, (A and B) Color fundus picture depicting the optic disc pit
located at the temporal border of left optic disc and extensive subfoveal serous
retinal detachment. (C) EDİ OCT image delineating the pit, (arrow) serous retinal
fluid collection and choriodal folds (D) Horizontal OCT section exhibiting the
optic disc pit (arrow) and residual subfoveal sub retinal fluid two weeks after the
initiation of treatment.
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