Sixteen cases of uveitis associated with sarcoidosis

✍ Scribed by M. F. Bienfait; G. S. Baarsma

• Book ID: 104637077
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 191 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0165-5701
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00137537

✦ Synopsis

In 210 cases of uveitis sixteen were associated with sarcoidosis. All patients had bilateral involvement and thirteen patients had a panuveitis. Ophthalmic and systemic findings in these patients are described and compared with the literature. Nine patients were not known to have sarcoidosis previously; seven of these presented with the typical signs for sarcoidosis, such as periphlebitis with 'candle wax' exudates and/or small chorioretinal lesions 9