Mathilde Leclercq1, Thomas Sené2, Catherine Chapelon-Abric1, Anne Claire Desbois1, Fanny Domont1, Elisabeth Maillart3, Natalia Shor4, Catherine Vignal-Clermont5, Antoine Guéguen6, Bahram Bodaghi7, Patrice Cacoub1, Valerie Touitou7, David Saadoun1. 1. Département de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Sorbonne Université, Centre National De Référence Maladies Autoimmunes Systémiques Rares, Centre National De Référence Maladies Autoinflammatoires et Amylose Inflammatoire. INSERM UMRS 959, Immunologie-Immunopathologie-Immunotherapie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France. 2. Service De Médecine Interne, Fondation Rothschild, Paris, France. 3. Service De Neurologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France. 4. Service De Neuroradiologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France. 5. Service d'Ophtalmologie, Fondation Rothschild, Paris, France. 6. Service De Neurologie, Fondation Rothschild, Paris, France. 7. Service d'Ophtalmologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Neuro-ophthalmologic manifestations are uncommon in sarcoidosis. We aim to assess the prognostic factors and outcome of neuro-ophthalmic sarcoidosis. METHODS: We conducted a multicenter retrospective study on patients with neuro-ophthalmic sarcoidosis. Response to therapy was based on visual acuity, visual field, and orbital MRI exam. Factors associated with remission and relapse were analyzed. RESULTS: Thirty-five patients [median (IQR) age of 37 years (26.5-53), 63% of women] were included. The diagnosis of sarcoidosis was concomitant of neuro-ophthalmologic symptoms in 63% of cases. Optic neuritis was the most common manifestation. All patients received corticosteroids and 34% had immunosuppressants. At 6 months, 61% improved, 30% were stable, and 9% worsened. Twenty percent of patients had severe visual deficiency at the end of follow-up. Nonresponders patients had significantly worse visual acuity at baseline (p = 0.01). Relapses were less frequent in patients with retro-bulbar optic neuropathy (p = 0.03). CONCLUSION: Prognosis of neuro-ophthalmic sarcoidosis is poor.
BACKGROUND: Neuro-ophthalmologic manifestations are uncommon in sarcoidosis. We aim to assess the prognostic factors and outcome of neuro-ophthalmic sarcoidosis. METHODS: We conducted a multicenter retrospective study on patients with neuro-ophthalmic sarcoidosis. Response to therapy was based on visual acuity, visual field, and orbital MRI exam. Factors associated with remission and relapse were analyzed. RESULTS: Thirty-five patients [median (IQR) age of 37 years (26.5-53), 63% of women] were included. The diagnosis of sarcoidosis was concomitant of neuro-ophthalmologic symptoms in 63% of cases. Optic neuritis was the most common manifestation. All patients received corticosteroids and 34% had immunosuppressants. At 6 months, 61% improved, 30% were stable, and 9% worsened. Twenty percent of patients had severe visual deficiency at the end of follow-up. Nonresponders patients had significantly worse visual acuity at baseline (p = 0.01). Relapses were less frequent in patients with retro-bulbar optic neuropathy (p = 0.03). CONCLUSION: Prognosis of neuro-ophthalmic sarcoidosis is poor.