Glucose Intolerance and R Sawhney, R Jain, S Kumar, BKS Pannu, S Sood A 45-year-old Indian female presented with headache, dimness of vision of both eyes, and alopecia. Systemic and ocular investigations revealed her to have Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome with glucose intolerance that improved on receiving systemic corticoids. In the patient described in this report, the follow up OGTT had a normal pattern. Jaggarao et al speculated that some processes alter the surface component both in melanocytes and pancreatic Further studies and case reports may be needed to substantiate the mechanisms and association of glucose intolerance in VKH disease, and to understand whether or not the pathogenesis of the disease is autoimmune in nature. |
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