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OBJECTIVE
To present a case of retrobulbar optic nerve and chiasm sarcoidosis that mimicked pseudotumor cerebri.
METHODS
A 34-year-old, thin, black woman presented with transient visual obscurations, normal visual acuity, bilateral optic disk edema, and enlarged blind spots. Clinical, medical, and
A common ocular manifestation of sarcoidosis is anterior uveitis. Posterior uveitis is uncommon and optic disc edema is rare. We report one such case in which the initial presentation was mimicking malignant hypertension as the patient had a recent record of high blood pressure. However, the painful
OBJECTIVE
To report a rare presentation of a large scleral nodule with bilateral disc edema as the initial manifestation of sarcoidosis.
METHODS
Retrospective interventional case report.
RESULTS
A 58-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of nodular scleritis. Slit-lamp examination showed a
High altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a life-threatening complication of high altitude stay, which may occur above altitudes of 2500 m. This is a case report of a healthy 41-year-old man, presenting with recurrent HAPE at moderate altitude. Medical work-up revealed an idiopathic pulmonary artery
The purpose of this study is to report a case of cystoid macular edema (CME) as a rare first manifestation of ocular sarcoidosis after cataract surgery. A 60-year-old male developed a CME following uneventful phacoemulsification cataract extraction on his left eye. It resolved with conventional
A 65 year-old female had a node of some kind in her right leg five years ago and was diagnosed with sarcoidosis by gallium scintigraphy. Serum angiotension-converting enzyme levels had gradually increased, and three months ago she felt palpitations and dizziness when standing. On electrocardiogram,
Introduction. Sarcoidosis is a rare multisystemic granulomatous inflammatory disease of unknown etiology affecting the respiratory system, skin, and eyes. Sarcoidosis outside the lacrimal gland is rare. The case study concerns a patient with a final diagnosis of orbital sarcoidosis. Case Report. A
Sarcoidosis is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease which belongs to a group of systemic granulomatous diseases. It can be confirmed through characteristic systemic and ocular manifestations and histological findings. Biopsy is the golden standard for diagnosing sarcoidosis. Ocular sarcoidosis can
Lower extremity edema is an unusual presentation of sarcoid. In this patient the diagnosis was established via lymphangiography and operative biopsy. Like the other manifestations of the disease, leg edema seems to respond to steroid therapy.
A 24-year-old woman had bilateral optic disk edema. A granulomatous uveitis and macular edema subsequently ensued. Histologic examination of a biopsy specimen taken from an area of marked hilar adenopathy revealed noncaseating epithelioid cell tubercles. No other associated systemic findings were