Sandip Suresh1, Gregory S Kosmorsky2, Michael S Lee1,3. 1. University of Minnesota Departments of Ophthalmology. 2. Cleveland, Ohio. 3. and Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Abstract
Objective: To report three cases of sarcoidosis confined to the optic nerve. Methods: Chart review of clinical, laboratory, imaging, and optic nerve biopsy findings and a review of the literature. Results: All three cases presented with progressive visual loss and showed enhancement of the intraorbital optic nerve on magnetic resonance imaging. There was no evidence for systemic disease, including a negative workup for sarcoidosis or other infiltrative pathologies. Optic nerve biopsy in each case showed non-caseating granulomas consistent with sarcoidosis. Conclusions: Sarcoidosis confined to the optic nerve is a rare phenomenon but should still be considered in the differential diagnosis of progressive optic neuropathy, even in the absence of systemic disease. (Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 2017; 34: 179-183). Copyright:
Objective: To report three cases of sarcoidosis confined to the optic nerve. Methods: Chart review of clinical, laboratory, imaging, and optic nerve biopsy findings and a review of the literature. Results: All three cases presented with progressive visual loss and showed enhancement of the intraorbital optic nerve on magnetic resonance imaging. There was no evidence for systemic disease, including a negative workup for sarcoidosis or other infiltrative pathologies. Optic nerve biopsy in each case showed non-caseating granulomas consistent with sarcoidosis. Conclusions: Sarcoidosis confined to the optic nerve is a rare phenomenon but should still be considered in the differential diagnosis of progressive optic neuropathy, even in the absence of systemic disease. (Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 2017; 34: 179-183). Copyright:
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