title: Pattern of ocular findings in patients with biopsy-proven sarcoidosis in Turkey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate demographic, clinical, and ocular features of patients with sarcoidosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study involved 47 biopsy-proven sarcoidosis patients. Patients were divided into 2 groups; group 1 had uveitis and group 2 had no uveitis. Demographic and clinical features of groups were compared. Ocular manifestations in group 1 were also evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-six patients (53.3%) had uveitis. The incidence of uveitis was more frequent between ages 21 and 40. The most frequent type of uveitis was intermediate uveitis (46.1%), followed by panuveitis (38.4%) and anterior uveitis (15.3%). The incidence of advanced pulmonary disease was significantly higher in patients with uveitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intermediate uveitis was the most frequent type of uveitis noted in our series of patients with sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Ankara Education and Training Hospital, Ministry of Health, Department of Ophthalmology , Ankara , Turkey and.
authors.forename: Gulten
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sungur
authors.forename: Dicle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hazirolan
authors.forename: Gulden
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bilgin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D014605:Uveitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014785:Vision, Ocular; D055815:Young Adult