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8489446

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
We conducted clinical research using transbronchial lung biopsy in 60 patients with suspected ocular sarcoidosis who showed no bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy and sparse contributory evidence for sarcoidosis. The patients had a combination of granulomatous iritis with mutton-fat keratic precipitates or iris nodules, trabecular nodules, tent-like peripheral anterior synechiae, snowball or string-of-pearls vitreous opacities, retinal perivasculitis, and spotty retinochoroidal exudates. The transbronchial lung biopsy specimen showed noncaseating epithelioid granuloma in 37 patients (61.7%); these patients were diagnosed as having sarcoidosis. Bronchoalveolar lavage showed a high percentage of patients with an increased lymphocyte fraction among those with positive transbronchial lung biopsy results. The present results may serve as a basis for a clinical diagnosis of sarcoidosis in patients with suspected sarcoidosis without apparent extraocular manifestations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0003-9950
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
111
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
642-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Transbronchial lung biopsy in the diagnosis of suspected ocular sarcoidosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-ken, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article