Vogt-koyanagi-harada disease (harada disease; uveitis-vitiligo-alopecia-poliosis syndrome) 1

General: Viral infection; occurs predominantly among Italian and Japanese individuals; young 727f59h adults; chronic.

Ocular: White lashes; secondary glaucoma; bilateral uveitis; sympathetic ophthalmitis; exudative iridocyclitis; vitreous opacities; bilateral serous retinal detachment and edema with spontaneous reattachment after weeks; depigmentation and patches of scattered pigment later; bilateral acute diffuse exudative choroiditis; papilledema; macular hemorrhage; cataracts; phthisis bulbi; poliosis; scleromalacia; intraocular lymphoma.

Clinical: Poliosis; vitiligo; hearing defect; headache; vomiting; meningeal irritation; reported to occur rarely in children.

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