Case Reports in Ophthalmology (Jul 2019)

Unusual Primary Ocular Manifestation of Sarcoidosis

  • Svenja Deuchler,
  • Clemens Wagner,
  • Markus Schill,
  • Benjamin Schöne,
  • Daniel Scherer,
  • Pankaj Singh,
  • Thomas Kohnen,
  • Frank H.J.  Koch

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1159/000501302
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 2
pp. 205 – 212

Abstract

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A 23-year-old male patient presented with very mild visual disturbances, but a distinct prominence of the optic discs, more pronounced in the right than in the left eye. The ophthalmic symptoms initially seemed trivial, but a large-scale interdisciplinary workup later identified them as the presenting symptoms of sarcoidosis affecting lung and eyes. A standard steroid monotherapy successfully caused regression of the ophthalmic findings.

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