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Editor,—Sarcoidosis, a multisystem granulomatous disease, involves the eye in approximately 25% to 50% of patients1 2 and produces numerous ocular findings.3 Definitive diagnosis requires a non-caseating granuloma in the absence of mycobacterial infection on biopsy. Although most patients have abnormal chest x rays, ocular sarcoidosis can precede pulmonary involvement, making diagnosis difficult. The following patient with ocular sarcoidosis—unresponsive to corticosteroids and cyclosporine—was diagnosed only after chorioretinal biopsy; she responded to azathioprine therapy.
CASE REPORT
A 32 year old white woman had a 12 year history of granulomatous uveitis in both eyes, resistant to treatment with topical, periocular, and systemic corticosteroids, as well as systemic cyclosporine. The patient presented …