Three Cases of Atypical Harada's Disease.

Yang, Ji Wook; Oh, Tae Hoon; Park, Young Hoon

doi:2009.50.1.160

J Korean Ophthalmol Soc > Volume 50(1); 2009 > Article

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2009;50(1):160-166.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2009.50.1.160 Published online January 15, 2009.

Three Cases of Atypical Harada's Disease.

Ji Wook Yang, Tae Hoon Oh, Young Hoon Park

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. parkyh@catholic.ac.kr

비전형적인 하라다병 3예

양지욱ㆍ오태훈ㆍ박영훈

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

PURPOSE
We present three cases of atypical Harada's disease that exhibited different clinical courses. CASE SUMMARY: (Case 1) A 56-year-old male initially presented with typical findings of Harada's disease accompanied by exudative retinal detachment of the left eye. However, he did not show any signs and symptoms of Harada's disease in his right eye for 4 years. (Case 2) A 73-year-old male came to our clinic complaining of decreased visual acuity in both eyes with headache and tinnitus. Fundoscopic findings showed bilateral annular choroidal detachment but no evidence of exudative retinal detachment. The same result was obtained on remission. (Case 3) A 53-year-old female presented with decreased visual acuity in both eyes with headache and tinnitus. Fundoscopic findings showed severe choroidal folds instead of exudative retinal detachment, which was observed in 2 other remissive cases. CONCLUSIONS: We report 3 cases of atypical Harada's disease that did not present with bilateral exudative retinal detachment. Ophthalmologists should know that Harada's disease can exhibit diverse clinical courses.

Key Words: Atypical Harada's disease;Choroidal detachment;Chorioretinal fold;Unilateral