title: Choroidal thickness in ocular sarcoidosis during quiescent phase using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the choroidal thickness in patients with ocular sarcoidosis during quiescent phase using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) and comparing it with normal subjects.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighteen eyes of 9 patients with ocular sarcoidosis (8 women, 1 man, mean age: 59.12 ± 18.49 years) were enrolled in this study. Their subfoveal choroidal thickness was measured using EDI-OCT in the quiescent phase of uveitis, and compared with the age-, sex-, and spherical equivalent-matched normal subjects (6 women, 3 men, mean age: 59.6 ± 14.22 years).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean subfoveal choroidal thickness was 281.76 ± 88.1 µm in patients with sarcoidosis and 342.32 ± 71.02 µm in controls. Significant differences were found at points between nasal 1500 µm and temporal 1000 µm to the fovea between patients and control group (p = 0.002, at fovea).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with ocular sarcoidosis had thinner choroids in the quiescent phases when compared to normal subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and.
authors.forename: Sirel Gür
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Güngör
authors.forename: Imren
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Akkoyun
authors.forename: Nihan Haberal
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Reyhan
authors.forename: Nilüfer
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yeşilırmak
authors.forename: Gürsel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
mesh_terms: D002829:Choroid / Q000473:pathology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*; D015866:Uveitis, Posterior / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Choroidal thickness; enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography; quiescent phase; sarcoidosis; uveitis