Csf findings and distribution of T and B lymphocytes in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease

HIROSHI SHOJI, NANAKO KUWASAKI, KENICHI NAKASHIMA, MASARO KAJI, MASAYUKI UEHARA, HISAHARU YOSHIOKA
1984 The Kurume Medical Journal  
Meningeal signs and CSF findings in 10 patients with Vogt -Koyanagi-Harada disease were studied. The distribution of T and B lymphocytes n CSF and also blood from 6 of them were analyzed. A moderate pleacytosis in the CSF was found in most of them, though they hardly revealed meningeal signs. The mean cell count was 131 per mm3, the protein and sugar contents 49.4mg and 62.2 mg per 100 ml, respectively. The cytogram was almost completely occupied by lymphocytes. In the analysis of T and B
more » ... increased T cell and decreased B cell values were observed in CSF compared with blood. These findings were discussed in relationship to those of viral meningitis and the pathogenesis of VKH.
doi:10.2739/kurumemedj.31.203 fatcat:num3gaovwnflfoznboblhp2tya