@article{46a7d370ae114f3484c5856d44e27524,
title = "Clinical Characteristics of Ocular Sarcoidosis: A Population-Based Study 1976–2013",
abstract = "Purpose: To characterize the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of ocular involvement in patients with systemic sarcoidosis. Methods: An inception cohort of patients with systemic sarcoidosis in 1976–2013 in Olmsted County, Minnesota, was identified based on comprehensive individual medical record review. Medical records of those patients were then reviewed for ocular involvement. Results: A total of 345 incident cases of systemic sarcoidosis were identified. Ocular involvement occurred in 23 patients (7%). The most common ocular disease was uveitis (61%) followed by dry eye disease, conjunctival nodule, episcleritis, anterior scleritis, and conjunctivitis. Anterior uveitis was the most common type of uveitis (71%). The visual outcome of uveitis was favorable with only one patient lost three or more lines of VA during follow-up and had VA of less than 20/200 at last visit. Conclusion: Ocular involvement occurred in 7% of sarcoidosis patients. Uveitis was the most common type of ocular disease.",
keywords = "Cohort study, epidemiology, granuloma, sarcoidosis, uveitis",
author = "Patompong Ungprasert and Tooley, {Andrea A.} and Crowson, {Cynthia S.} and Matteson, {Eric L.} and Smith, {Wendy M.}",
note = "Funding Information: This study was made possible using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01 AG034676, and CTSA Grant Number UL1 TR000135 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. This study was made possible using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01 AG034676, and CTSA Grant Number UL1 TR000135 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Funding Information: This study was made possible using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01 AG034676, and CTSA Grant Number UL1 TR000135 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, {\textcopyright} 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.",
year = "2019",
month = apr,
day = "3",
doi = "10.1080/09273948.2017.1386791",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "27",
pages = "389--395",
journal = "Ocular Immunology and Inflammation",
issn = "0927-3948",
publisher = "Informa Healthcare",
number = "3",
}