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Sixteen cases of uveitis associated with sarcoidosis

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In 210 cases of uveitis sixteen were associated with sarcoidosis. All patients had bilateral involvement and thirteen patients had a panuveitis. Ophthalmic and systemic findings in these patients are described and compared with the literature. Nine patients were not known to have sarcoidosis previously; seven of these presented with the typical signs for sarcoidosis, such as periphlebitis with ‘candle wax’ exudates and/or small chorioretinal lesions.

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    M. F. Bienfait & G. S. Baarsma

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Bienfait, M.F., Baarsma, G.S. Sixteen cases of uveitis associated with sarcoidosis. Int Ophthalmol 9, 243–246 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00137537

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