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IWOS Criteria for the Diagnosis of Ocular Sarcoidosis (OS)

1 August, 2019 Guillermo Firman

Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disorder with unknown aetiology, affecting many organs including the eye and characterised by non-caseating granulomas. Continue reading “IWOS Criteria for the Diagnosis of Ocular Sarcoidosis (OS)”

Diagnosis, Clinical Characteristics, and Treatment of Sarcoidosis

8 March, 2009 Guillermo Firman

Diagnosis

Diagnosis of sarcoidosis is firm when chest radiographic evidence is accompanied by compatible clinical features and noncaseating granulomas on biopsy, with all other causes of granulomas ruled out.
Biopsy is indicated for all patients presumed to have sarcoidosis, except those with Löfgren’s syndrome.

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