1. History
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  4. Diagnosis
  5. Teaching Points
  6. Comments

Case 102 Diagnosis

Sarcoidosis

Diagnosed by retinal biopsy

Differential Diagnosis

  • Sympathetic ophthalmia: history of trauma or surgery
  • Tuberculosis: positive “PPD test”
  • Metastatic bacterial infiltrates: systemically ill patients
  • Fungal endophthalmitis: systemic infection, positive blood cultures
  • Intraocular lymphoma: difficult to differentiate from sarcoidosis without biopsy when lesions are subretinal
  • Metastatic cancer: orange lesions that are usually elevated
Last Modified: Tuesday, 27-May-2008 13:32:38 EDT