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Ocular Sarcoidosis

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Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a chronic multisystemic granulomatous disorder caused by an exaggerated cellular immune response to a variety of self- or non-self-antigens in a genetically predisposed individual. It is characterized by noncaseating granulomas affecting many organs including the lung, lymph nodes, skin, heart, liver, muscles, and eye [1, 2]. The diagnosis of sarcoidosis is usually made on the basis of a biopsy and a combination of typical clinical features and radiology findings in the absence of any condition that can cause similar clinicoradiological and pathological changes.

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    Parthopratim Dutta Majumder

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Babu, K. (2016). Ocular Sarcoidosis. In: Biswas, J., Majumder, P. (eds) Uveitis: An Update. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2295-8_14

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