Symptoms
- Debut symptom of 5% of cases
- Symptoms vary, some have little symptoms
- Blurred vision
- Eye pain
- Dryness of the eyes (keratoconjunctivitis sicca)
- Differential Diagnosis: Sjögren's syndrome
Medical Examination Findings
- Eyelid: Lupus pernio (blue-violet)
- Infiltrated lacrimal glands
- Parotitis, uveitis and fever (Heerford syndrome)
- Conjunctive sarcoid granulomas
- Uveitis
- Previous
- Posterior
- Mixing Form
- Pan-uveitis
- Most often both eyes (bilaterally)
- Granulomatous type is most common
- Retinal vasculitis
- Bleeding
- Exudates
- Perivascular nodular granulomas ("wax drip")
- Dalen-Fuchs nodules (epithelial cells)
- Retinal and choroidal multifocal infiltrates that leave pigmented chorio-retinal scars
- Retinal and choroidal nodular granulomas
- Can affect the opticus nerve
- Granulomas on the eye background, hyperemia and edema
Literature
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