Open AccessPhotoreceptor stretching: An optical coherence tomography finding in a case of incomplete Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease
Author(s) -
Carlos Mario Pinilla-Gomez,
Francisco José Rodríguez-Alvira
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
taiwan journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.519
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2211-5072
pISSN - 2211-5056
DOI - 10.4103/tjo.tjo_70_19
Subject(s) - vogt–koyanagi–harada disease , medicine , optical coherence tomography , retinal pigment epithelium , blurred vision , ophthalmology , retina , retinal , optometry , optics , uveitis , physics
The aim of the study was to describe an optical coherence tomography finding in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease and discuss its physiopathology. A 34-year-old Hispanic male was referred to the retina clinic, with 2 weeks of "drowsiness," headache, photopsia, and blurred vision. He was diagnosed with incomplete VKH. Optical coherence tomography, among other studies, was obtained, and a focal separation of the photoreceptor outer segments (OSs) from the inner neuroepithelium was observed. Here, we report a rare finding associated with VKH disease, which we called photoreceptor stretching and hypothesize it results from the presence of a spot of strong adherence between the OS of the photoreceptors and the retinal pigment epithelium.