Unusual Primary Ocular Manifestation of Sarcoidosis

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 presenti...

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Autores principales: Deuchler, Svenja, Wagner, Clemens, Schill, Markus, Schöne, Benjamin, Scherer, Daniel, Singh, Pankaj, Kohnen, Thomas, Koch, Frank H.J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6760357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31692537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000501302
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author Deuchler, Svenja
Wagner, Clemens
Schill, Markus
Schöne, Benjamin
Scherer, Daniel
Singh, Pankaj
Kohnen, Thomas
Koch, Frank H.J.
author_facet Deuchler, Svenja
Wagner, Clemens
Schill, Markus
Schöne, Benjamin
Scherer, Daniel
Singh, Pankaj
Kohnen, Thomas
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description 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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spelling pubmed-67603572019-11-05 Unusual Primary Ocular Manifestation of Sarcoidosis Deuchler, Svenja Wagner, Clemens Schill, Markus Schöne, Benjamin Scherer, Daniel Singh, Pankaj Kohnen, Thomas Koch, Frank H.J. Case Rep Ophthalmol Case Report 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. S. Karger AG 2019-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6760357/ /pubmed/31692537 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000501302 Text en Copyright © 2019 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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