Abstract
Purpose
To determine the prevalence of pulmonary sarcoidosis in patients with uveitis from the University Referral Centre in Thailand and to report on their clinical characteristics.
Methods
We performed a retrospective review of results of radiological examinations of 209 consecutive new patients, diagnosed with uveitis. In patients with signs of pulmonary sarcoidosis, we reviewed clinical characteristics including age, gender, laterality and anatomical location of uveitis, and complications.
Results
From 209 chest X-ray (CXR) examinations, one patient exhibited radiological signs typical of stage 1 sarcoidosis. Chest CT of three patients with posterior multifocal chorioretinitis (PMC) revealed abnormalities suggesting the diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis. All PMC patients were females older than 50 years; they had no pulmonary complaints and their CXRs were without abnormalities.
Conclusion
Ocular sarcoidosis is prevalent in Thailand and our findings suggest that possibly more patients with sarcoidosis would be identified if diagnosis was thought of and ancillary tests were performed.
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Juntima Euathrongchit MD for her advice in evaluation of radiological examinations.
Funding: Supported in part by the combined grants from Dr P Binkhorst Foundation for Ophthalmologic research, Nijmegen; Landelijke stichting voor Blinden en Slechtzienden, Utrecht; Rotterdamse Vereniging Blindenbelangen, Rotterdam; Stichting voor Ooglijders, Rotterdam; Katholieke Stichting voor Blinden en Slechtzienden, Grave, Stichting Oog, ‘s Gravenzande, and Dr FP Fischer Stichting, Amersfoort, the Netherlands.
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Pathanapitoon, K., Goossens, J., van Tilborg, T. et al. Ocular sarcoidosis in Thailand. Eye 24, 1669–1674 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2010.107
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