Sudden unilateral blindness in a girl with Kawasaki disease

J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2007 Sep-Oct;44(5):303-4. doi: 10.3928/01913913-20070901-06.

Abstract

This article describes a 9-year-old girl with clinical and laboratory features of Kawasaki disease. On day 7 of her febrile illness, she developed sudden loss of vision in the right eye. Visual acuity was no light perception. Dilated funduscopy showed diffuse intense retinal whitening, narrowing retinal arterioles, and a pale swollen disk-but no cherry-red spot. These findings suggested ophthalmic artery obstruction. Kawasaki disease can be sight-threatening.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / etiology*
  • Blindness / etiology*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / complications*
  • Ophthalmic Artery / pathology*
  • Visual Acuity