title: Ocular examination for diagnosis of end stage pulmonary sarcoidosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Pulmonary sarcoidosis without overt radiographic fibrosis may be difficult to diagnose; ophthalmic examination aided diagnosis of our case.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient was a 55-year-old man whose dyspnea had been misdiagnosed and who had been treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Physical and ophthalmic examinations including slitlamp, fundoscopic, and fluorescein angiography examinations were administered.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patient's ophthalmic findings suggested ocular sarcoidosis, leading to confirmation of his pulmonary sarcoidosis by histopathological examination of lung biopsy samples. Careful, knowledgeable ophthalmic examination can help in diagnosing systemic sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei Branch, New Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Mei-Chen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yi-Ting
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Chun-Yao
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Shiu-Feng
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jiann-Horng
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Jiann-Horng
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Thomas Chang Yao
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Tsao
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015864:Panuveitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology*; D042262:Retinoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*