PubMed · 1971 · 11 citations · 0 references
MedicineOphthalmologyPathologyOcular DiseaseOcular PathologyOphthalmic PathologyImmunopathology Of The EyeLacrimal System DiseaseLacrimal System PathologyUveal DiseaseUveal PathologyHistologic ExaminationLacrimal Sac DiseaseLacrimal Sac InflammationOcular SarcoidosisOphthalmologic FindingsOphthalmologic ManifestationsOrbital SarcoidosisSarcoidosis-associated Uveitis
Although ophthalmologic complications in sarcoidosis are not uncommon, occurring in 25 per cent to 30 per cent of cases, involvement of the eye outside the uveal tract is rare. A patient with dacryocystitis and histologic evidence of sarcoid involving the lacrimal sac is described.