Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Bilateral Retinal Detachment Associated With Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Jung-Pin Yeh; Charisse W Kwan; Kirstin Weerdenburg; Jason W Fischer

doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000000626

Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Bilateral Retinal Detachment Associated With Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2016 Sep;32(9):639-41. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000626.

Authors

Jung-Pin Yeh¹, Charisse W Kwan, Kirstin Weerdenburg, Jason W Fischer

Affiliation

¹ From the *Department of Emergency Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; †Department of Paediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; and ‡Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, IWK Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

PMID: 26890299
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000626

Abstract

We report a case of a 16-year-old girl with acute visual complaints who was diagnosed with bilateral retinal detachment using point-of-case ultrasound and ultimately was diagnosed with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. This case illustrates the use of point-of-care ultrasound by the pediatric emergency physician to recognize the ocular abnormality associated with this rare disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Point-of-Care Systems*
Retinal Detachment / diagnostic imaging*
Retinal Detachment / drug therapy
Retinal Detachment / etiology
Ultrasonography / methods*
Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / complications
Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / drug therapy

Substances

Glucocorticoids