Conjunctival biopsy in sarcoidosis.
In a prospective study of systemic sarcoidosis, 28 patients underwent 55 conjunctival biopsies. The incidences of positive granulomatous lesions in proven and suspected sarcoidosis cases were 71.4% (ten of 14 patients) and 28.5% (four of 14 patients), respectively. Thus, random, bilateral conjunctival biopsies should be performed as soon as possible in all cases of presumed sarcoidosis.
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000473:pathology*