Vitiligo and ocular involvement

Dr.Meghana Phiske; Dr H.R.Jerajani

Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2016

Vitiligo and ocular involvement

Dr. Meghana Phiske, Dr H. R. Jerajani

Abstract :

Though vitiligo patients have no ophthalmological complaints, ocular abnormalities have been noted in 40%.Two sixty one patients of different morphological types of vitiligo were studied for ocular involvement. Detailed ocular examinations including visual acuity test, external examination, biomicroscopy and dilated fundoscopy were performed. Incidence of vitiligo was 0.95%. Males outnumbered females. Vitiligo vulgaris was the commonest morphological type. DM Type–II was seen in 9.56%, hypothyroidism in 0.3%. No ophthalmological abnormality was seen. Summary Various studies suggest very strong association between vitiligo and ocular manifestation, noted in 40%. Many ocular abnormalities are non–specific in character and distribution but the visual acity is generally unaffected. Our study, which included a large group of vitiligo patients did not show any association between the two. Thus we conclude that ophthalmological examination may not be mandatory for vitiligo patients.