PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Takase, Hiroshi
AU  - Acharya, Nisha R
AU  - Babu, Kalpana
AU  - Bodaghi, Bahram
AU  - Khairallah, Moncef
AU  - McCluskey, Peter J
AU  - Tesavibul, Nattaporn
AU  - Thorne, Jennifer E
AU  - Tugal-Tutkun, Ilknur
AU  - Yamamoto, Joyce H
AU  - Rao, Narsing A
AU  - Smith, Justine R
AU  - Mochizuki, Manabu
TI  - Recommendations for the management of ocular sarcoidosis from the International Workshop on Ocular Sarcoidosis
AID  - 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-317354
DP  - 2021 Nov 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 1515--1519
VI  - 105
IP  - 11
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/105/11/1515.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/105/11/1515.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol2021 Nov 01; 105
AB  - Aims To establish expert recommendations for the management of ocular sarcoidosis (OS).Methods A question-based survey on the management of OS was circulated to international uveitis experts (members of the International Uveitis Study Group and the International Ocular Inflammation Society) electronically. Subsequently, a consensus workshop was conducted at the 7th International Workshop on Ocular Sarcoidosis (IWOS) in June 2019 in Sapporo, Japan as part of the Global Ocular Inflammation Workshops. Statements on the management of OS that were supported by a two-thirds majority of 10 international panel members of the workshop, after discussion and voting, were taken as consensus agreement.Results A total of 98 participants from 29 countries responded to the questionnaire survey. The subsequent consensus workshop established recommendations for the management of OS in five sections. The first section concerned evaluation and monitoring of inflammation. The second, third and fourth sections described ocular manifestations that were indications for treatment, and the management of anterior uveitis, intermediate uveitis and posterior uveitis. In the fifth section, the use of systemic corticosteroids and systemic immunosuppressive drugs were detailed.Conclusions Recommendations for management of OS were formulated through an IWOS consensus workshop.