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Necrotising retinopathy-like lesions as a manifestation of ocular sarcoidosis.
Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection 2018 August 4
BACKGROUND: A 56-year-old Caucasian man presented with a 2-weeks history of decreased vision in the right eye. Vitritis, papillitis, cystoid macular oedema and inferior diffuse retinal infiltration were noticed. Extensive blood work-up, anterior chamber paracentesis with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Goldmann-Witmer coefficient, tuberculin skin test (PPD-test), fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography CT scan (FDG-PET/CT), lymph node biopsy and pars plana vitrectomy were performed.
RESULTS: Aqueous and vitreous samples were negative for an infectious and a lymphoproliferative etiology. Enlarged hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes were detected by FDG-PET/CT and subsequently biopsied, allowing to confirm the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. After a few months of oral corticosteroid therapy, the inflammation resolved completely and was replaced by atrophic retinal scars.
CONCLUSION: Necrotising retinopathy-like lesions mimicking an infectious process or a lymphoproliferative disorder can be an atypical manifestation of ocular sarcoidosis.
RESULTS: Aqueous and vitreous samples were negative for an infectious and a lymphoproliferative etiology. Enlarged hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes were detected by FDG-PET/CT and subsequently biopsied, allowing to confirm the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. After a few months of oral corticosteroid therapy, the inflammation resolved completely and was replaced by atrophic retinal scars.
CONCLUSION: Necrotising retinopathy-like lesions mimicking an infectious process or a lymphoproliferative disorder can be an atypical manifestation of ocular sarcoidosis.
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