title: Retinal cotton-wool spots as the first sign of systemic sarcoidosis.
abstract: Isolated retinal cotton-spots have not yet been reported as the sign of ocular sarcoidosis. We describe three patients with retinal cotton-wool spots of initially unknown etiology in whom systemic sarcoidosis was diagnosed 6-16 months later. The diagnosis was confirmed by conjunctival biopsy. These observations indicate that sarcoidosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of retinal cotton-wool spots and patients with these lesions should be followed for the development of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Childrens Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Prost
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*