Ocular sarcoidosis

DG James, R Anderson, D Langley… - The British Journal of …, 1964 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
DG James, R Anderson, D Langley, D Ainslie
The British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1964ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results Ocular Lesions 123 of the 442 (27 8 per cent.) patients presented with various
ocular manifestations of sarcoidosis (Table I, overleaf). By far the commonest mode of
presentation was acute or chronic iridocyclitis (in 89 patients), followed in frequency by
some form of conjunctival involvement in almost all others. Whereas. anterior uveitis was a
common presenting feature of ocular sarcoidosis, posterior uveitis almost never drew
attention to the eye involvement; the latter was nevertheless present in twelve patients, but it …
Results Ocular Lesions 123 of the 442 (27 8 per cent.) patients presented with various ocular manifestations of sarcoidosis (Table I, overleaf). By far the commonest mode of presentation was acute or chronic iridocyclitis (in 89 patients), followed in frequency by some form of conjunctival involvement in almost all others. Whereas. anterior uveitis was a common presenting feature of ocular sarcoidosis, posterior uveitis almost never drew attention to the eye involvement; the latter was nevertheless present in twelve patients, but it was overshadowed by concomitant anterior uveitis in almost all of them.
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