Ocular sarcoidosis occurring as a unilateral optic disk vascular lesion.
A 36-year-old black man who was taking low doses of systemic corticosteroids for systemic sarcoidosis had a vascular lesion of the left optic disk as the only ocular sign. The lesion regressed over a four-month period with high dosage corticosteroid therapy, but he developed optic atrophy and visual acuity of no light perception.
D000328:Adult; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009898:Optic Disk; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014792:Visual Acuity
D011241:Prednisone