Neurotological Examination in Harada Disease

Neurotological findings in patients with Parkinson's disease.

UNLABELLED The number of elderly people is increasing considerably in our settings, and with that we have a matching increase in chronic-degenerative diseases - such as Parkinson's Disease (PD), which has balance-related symptoms associated and is increasingly more prevalent in the elderly population. AIM Study labyrinth exams in PD patients and associate them with vestibular disorders. STU...

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease is a chronic, granulomatous systemic autoimmune disease with manifestations in the ocular, central nervous, auditory, and integumentary systems. The target of attack seems to be antigens associated with melanocytes. Patients are usually of Asian, Middle Eastern, Asian Indian, Native American, or Hispanic ethnicity, and complain of neurologic symptoms quickly followe...

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease, also known as uveomeningitic syndrome, is an idiopathic multisystem inflammatory disease with bilateral uveitis. Patients with bilateral anterior uveitis with vitiligo, poliosis, alopecia, and dysacousia were first described by Vogt in 1906 and then Koyanagi in 1929. Harada described a case of posterior uveitis with exudative retinal detachment and pleocytosi...

Neurotological findings in patients with Parkinson ' s disease Summary

Rituximab in refractory Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease

INTRODUCTION Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) prognosis depends on early recognition and treatment; chronic disease may be developed when either delayed or inadequate treatment is performed, whereas other cases despite correct treatment are refractory to different drugs and also become chronic. We report a case of refractory VKH controlled with rituximab treatment. CASE REPORT A 41-year-old female ...