title: SWEPT-SOURCE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY FINDINGS IN CONVALESCENT PHASE OF TREATED SARCOID CHOROIDAL GRANULOMAS.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report swept-source optical coherence tomography findings of sarcoid choroidal granulomas in the posttreatment convalescent stage of disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors retrospectively reviewed charts from patients with sarcoid-related choroidal granulomas and recorded pertinent examination and imaging findings. Swept-source optical coherence tomography was performed using the DRI 3D-OCT-1 Atlantis (Topcon) over the areas of previous choroidal granulomas after the patients had been treated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three patients with sarcoid choroidal granulomas were imaged with swept-source optical coherence tomography. Findings included loss or alteration of choroidal architecture, subretinal fibrosis, and outer retinal tubulations in the areas of the sarcoid granulomas after treatment. In one case with an associated choroidal neovascular membrane, there was also disruption of Bruch membrane and loss of normal choroidal vascular network in the area of the lesion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Swept-source optical coherence tomography demonstrated significant anatomical sequelae that persisted after treatment of sarcoid granulomas. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of outer retinal tubulations over healed sarcoid granulomas.
authors.affiliation: Uveitis and Retina Divisions, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Evangelia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Papavasileiou
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sobrin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*