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Diagnostic aspects of ocular sarcoidosis. 1994

A Karma

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Ocular manifestations are seen in at least one-fifth of sarcoidosis patients. Characteristic biomicroscopic and photographic features raise the suspicion of ocular sarcoidosis. Systemic sarcoid associations and compatible laboratory findings, together with the result of an eventual conjunctival biopsy further support the diagnosis. The diagnosis of chronic ocular sarcoidosis is difficult if other systemic symptoms and signs have been resolved. In these cases taking a careful history and searching for conjunctival granulomatosis and residues of intraocular granulomas are important.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003229	Conjunctival Diseases	Diseases involving the CONJUNCTIVA.	Conjunctival Disease,Disease, Conjunctival,Diseases, Conjunctival
D005128	Eye Diseases	Diseases affecting the eye.	Eye Disorders,Eye Disease,Eye Disorder
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012507	Sarcoidosis	An idiopathic systemic inflammatory granulomatous disorder comprised of epithelioid and multinucleated giant cells with little necrosis. It usually invades the lungs with fibrosis and may also involve lymph nodes, skin, liver, spleen, eyes, phalangeal bones, and parotid glands.	Besnier-Boeck Disease,Boeck's Sarcoid,Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann Syndrome,Boeck Disease,Boeck's Disease,Schaumann Disease,Schaumann Syndrome,Schaumann's Syndrome,Besnier Boeck Disease,Besnier Boeck Schaumann Syndrome,Boeck Sarcoid,Boecks Disease,Boecks Sarcoid,Disease, Schaumann,Sarcoid, Boeck's,Sarcoidoses,Schaumann's Syndromes,Syndrome, Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann,Syndrome, Schaumann,Syndrome, Schaumann's