Yoshizo Koyanagi

Yoshizo Koyanagi (小柳 美三, Koyanagi Yoshizō, 1880–1954) was a Japanese ophthalmologist who is recognized for his description of what is now known as Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease (VKH).[1][2][3][4]

Koyanagi received his medical education at the Imperial University in Kyoto. He graduated in 1908 and studied ophthalmology under Ikujiro Asayama.[3] He held a variety of positions, eventually retiring in 1942.[5] In recognition of his contributions, the Government conferred on him the posthumous Decoration of the Second Order of the Sacred Treasure.[5]

His first description of what is now known as Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease was in 1914.[1] This was preceded by Jujiro Komoto, Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Tokyo, in 1911.[1] However, it was a much later article, published in 1929, in which he typified the time course of the disease as it went through its sequential phases, that definitively associated Koyanagi with VKH disease.[1][6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Herbort CP, Mochizuki M (2007). "Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: inquiry into the genesis of a disease name in the historical context of Switzerland and Japan". Int Ophthalmol. 27 (2-3): 67–79. PMID 17468832. doi:10.1007/s10792-007-9083-4.
  2. ↑ Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary By Dorland page 2070 Edition 32 Elsevier Health Sciences, 2011 ISBN 9781455709854
  3. 1 2 Historia Ophthalmologica Internationalis, Volume 1 Publisher Wayenborgh, 1979 pages 95 and 98
  4. ↑ Al Aboud A, Al Aboud K (2012). "Eponyms in dermatology literature linked to Japan". Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol. 5: 15–21. PMC 3267408 Freely accessible. PMID 22291476. doi:10.2147/CCID.S28182.
  5. 1 2 Whonamedit? Yoshizo Koyanagi Whonamedit
  6. ↑ Sakata VM, da Silva FT, Hirata CE, de Carvalho JF, Yamamoto JH (2014). "Diagnosis and classification of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease". Autoimmun Rev. 13 (4-5): 550–5. PMID 24440284. doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2014.01.023.
  7. ↑ Koyanagi Y. Dysakusis, Alopecie und Poliosis bei schwerer Uveitis nicht traumatischen Ursprungs. Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde, Stuttgart, 1929, 82: 194–211.
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