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Eye Diseases > Uveal Diseases > Uveitis > Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome

Preferred term

Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A syndrome characterized by bilateral granulomatous UVEITIS with IRITIS and secondary GLAUCOMA, premature ALOPECIA, symmetrical VITILIGO, poliosis circumscripta (a strand of depigmented hair), HEARING DISORDERS, and meningeal signs (neck stiffness and headache). Examination of the cerebrospinal fluid reveals a pattern consistent with MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p748; Surv Ophthalmol 1995 Jan;39(4):265-292)

Entry terms

  • Syndrome, VKH (Vogt Koyanagi Harada)
  • Syndrome, Vogt Koyanagi Harada
  • Uveomeningoencephalitis
  • VKH Syndrome
  • VKH (Vogt Koyanagi Harada) Syndrome
  • Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease
  • Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome

In other languages

  • French

  • Maladie d'Harada
  • Maladie de Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada
  • Syndrome de Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada
  • Syndrome uvéoméningoencéphalique
  • Syndrome VKH
  • Uvéo-méningo-encéphalite
  • Uvéo-méningo-encéphalite d'Harada
  • Uvéoméningoencéphalite

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