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Table 4 Differential diagnosis of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease

From: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: review of a rare autoimmune disease targeting antigens of melanocytes

Sympathetic ophthalmia

Previous penetrating ocular trauma or intraocular surgery

Noninfectious choroiditis

Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE)

Birdshot chorioretinopathy

Multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis (MCP)

Multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS)

Infectious choroiditis

Syphilis

Tuberculosis

Others inflammatory disorders

Posterior scleritis

Sarcoidosis

Lupus choroidopathy

Noninflammatory disorders

Hypertensive choroidopathy

Bilateral diffuse melanocytic hyperplasia

Specific hypertensive illness of gestation

Uveal effusion syndrome

Masquerade syndrome

Carcinoma

Leukemia

Lymphoma

Metastasis