Mohammad Ishaq, Syeda Urooj Riaz, Nousheen Iqbal, Asad Raza Jafri, Urooj Fatima, Amir Hussain, Khizra Ishaq, Shifa Ishaq.
Sarcoid Uveitis: an Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan..
Ann Abbasi Shaheed Hosp Karachi Med Dent Coll Jan ;29(1):78-84.

Objectives: The Primary objective was to find the frequency of Sarcoid Uveitis among the patients presented with Uveitis. The secondary objective was to follow the patients of sarcoid uveitis over treatment.. Methods: We did an observational prospective study, after acquiring ethical review letter from IRB Medicine department outpatient services of Jinnah Medical College Hospital Korangi was used where patients with Uveitis were referred for evaluation of systemic disease during jan 2019 to dec 2020. These patients underwent history, examination and biochemical and radiological investigations and were followed over a period of 1 year to see response to treatment. Results: A total of 372 patients presented with established uveitis out of which 36 patients i.e. 66 eyes presented to our eye clinic with decrease in vision with a mean age of 42±2 years. Among 36 patients, 89% presented with redness of eye and 72% presented with eye pain where as 8 % presented with photophobia and floaters. Biochemically >10mg/dl calcium was observed in 18(50%) patients and ACE level was found to be more than 40nmol/ml/min in 30(83.3%) patients. Among them 32 (88.9%) patients showed resolved inflammation whereas 2(5.56%) showed a change in inflammation and 2(5.56%) showed no change. Conclusion: We found sarcoid uveitis as fairly common cause of uveitis. The patients were treated with the standard treatment of steroids and immunosuppressants i.e. Azathioprine and we concluded that use of steroids and immunosuppressant improved the outcome in our patients. The patients responded fairly well to the designed treatment.

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