Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease and COVID

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) is a rare multisystem inflammatory disease affecting the eyes, ears, brain, skin, and hair. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new contagious infection that might trigger the onset of VKH disease, as previously proposed for other viruses. Moreover, after the mass vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 worldwide, cases of VKH disease associated with COVID-19 vaccination have been reported. We present an overview of VKH and a comprehensive literature revision of all the VKH cases described after COVID-19 infection and vaccination, adding our experience. No differences have been found considering epidemiology and clinical findings of the disease compared to those reported in the no-COVID era. All of the patients promptly responded to systemic and local corticosteroid therapy with a good final visual prognosis. Different possible pathogenetic mechanisms underlying the onset of VKH after COVID-19 vaccination are discussed, while the presence of the HLA DR4 antigen as a genetic predisposition for the onset of the disease after COVID-19 infection and vaccination is proposed. VKH disease is one of the most frequently reported uveitic entities after COVID-19 vaccination, but a good response to therapy should not discourage vaccination. Nevertheless, ophthalmologists should be alerted to the possibility of VKH occurrence or relapse after COVID-19 vaccination, especially in genetically predisposed subjects.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical medicine - 12(2023), 19 vom: 27. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Manni, Priscilla [VerfasserIn]
Saturno, Maria Carmela [VerfasserIn]
Accorinti, Massimo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Choroiditis
Exudative retinal detachment
HLA DR4 antigen
Journal Article
Review
Uveitis
Vaccination
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 31.10.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/jcm12196242

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36327846X