title: Diagnostic categorization according to the First International Workshop on Ocular Sarcoidosis (FIWOS) criteria in a series of 11 patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Categorization of patients diagnosed with ocular sarcoidosis during the period 2009-2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  The medical records of patients with ocular sarcoidosis were reviewed and variables were collected to categorize the patients according to the criteria of the FIWOS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found 11 patients, 7 women and 4 men, with sarcoid uveitis; the median age was 58 years. Bilateral panuveitis was the most common pattern (54.5%), followed by chronic anterior uveitis (27.2%). The diagnosis of sarcoidosis was definitive in 4 patients (36.3%), presumed in 5 (45.4%), probable in 1 (9%) and possible in 1 (9%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ocular sarcoidosis was diagnosed in more than half of the patients who had no confirmatory biopsy. Bilateral panuveitis and chronic anterior uveitis were the patterns most frequently observed.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, España. Electronic address: carlosfrancisco.menesesvillalba@osakidetza.net.
authors.forename: Carlos F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Meneses
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, España.
authors.forename: César A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Egües
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, España.
authors.forename: Miren
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uriarte
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, España.
authors.forename: Nerea
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Errazquin
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, España.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valero Jaimes
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, España.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Maíz
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, España.
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Belzunegui
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, España.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blanco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014605:Uveitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Criterios diagnósticos; Diagnostic criteria; First International Workshop on Ocular Sarcoidosis; Inflammatory uveitis; Panuveitis; Panuveítis; Sarcoid uveitis; Sarcoidosis; Uveitis; Uveítis; Uveítis inflamatoria; Uveítis sarcoidea