Lacrimal gland involvement in sarcoidosis: The clinical features of 9 patients

dc.authorscopusid6701910430
dc.authorscopusid7003635356
dc.contributor.authorYanarda? H.
dc.contributor.authorPamuk Ö.N.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T10:29:09Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T10:29:09Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractPatients and Methods: Ocular disease is relatively common in sarcoidosis and can be the initial clinical manifestation in some instances. In this study, we retrospectively evaluated the clinical and demographic features of 9 (1.74%) patients with lacrimal gland (LG) involvement out of 516 sarcoidosis patients who were followed up at our centre over the preceding 36-years. In addition, the characteristics of patients with LG involvement were compared to those of other cases with eye involvement and to other sarcoidosis patients. Results: In 5 subjects with LG involvement, the chest X-ray was normal. The number of stage 0 subjects among other sarcoidosis patients was significantly lower than among patients with LG involvement (p <0.001). In 2 of these cases, the diagnosis of sarcoidosis was reached by LG biopsy. The mean age of patients with LG involvement was significantly lower than that of other sarcoidosis patients (p <0.001). Also, sarcoidosis-related organ involvement - other than of the LG - was more frequent than in other sarcoidosis patients (p <0.001). Conclusions: It should be borne in mind that LG involvement might be the initial manifestation of sarcoidosis and the chest X-ray in these patients might be completely normal.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage391en_US
dc.identifier.issn1424-7860
dc.identifier.issue27-28en_US
dc.identifier.pmid12947527en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0042691518en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage388en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/17607
dc.identifier.volume133en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSMW supporting associationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSwiss Medical Weeklyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectLacrimal Gland; Ocular Involvement; Sarcoidosis; Uveitisen_US
dc.subjectAdolescent; Adult; Article; Biopsy; Clinical Article; Computer Assisted Tomography; Disease Course; Eye Disease; Female; Follow Up; Granulomatous Inflammation; Human; Lacrimal Gland Disease; Male; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Retrospective Study; Sarcoidosis; Thorax Radiography; Uveitisen_US
dc.titleLacrimal gland involvement in sarcoidosis: The clinical features of 9 patientsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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