Gastrointestinal sarcoidosis diagnosed by conjunctival biopsy.
Ophthalmologic examination of a 31-year-old black man presenting with an intractable gastric ulcer revealed small conjunctival nodules in the lower cul-desac that were sarcoid granulomas by microscopy. Previous endoscopic examination had revealed polyps in the gastric antrum, and a biopsy and microscopic examination had revealed granulomatous lesions, but a definite diagnosis could not be made until the ophthalmoscopic examination.
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005132:Eye Manifestations; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011706:Pyloric Antrum / Q000473:pathology; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology