Diagnostic categorization according to the First International Workshop on Ocular Sarcoidosis (FIWOS) criteria in a series of 11 patients

Abstract

Objective: Categorization of patients diagnosed with ocular sarcoidosis during the period 2009-2014.

Methods: The medical records of patients with ocular sarcoidosis were reviewed and variables were collected to categorize the patients according to the criteria of the FIWOS.

Results: We found 11 patients, 7 women and 4 men, with sarcoid uveitis; the median age was 58 years. Bilateral panuveitis was the most common pattern (54.5%), followed by chronic anterior uveitis (27.2%). The diagnosis of sarcoidosis was definitive in 4 patients (36.3%), presumed in 5 (45.4%), probable in 1 (9%) and possible in 1 (9%).

Conclusions: Ocular sarcoidosis was diagnosed in more than half of the patients who had no confirmatory biopsy. Bilateral panuveitis and chronic anterior uveitis were the patterns most frequently observed.

Keywords: Criterios diagnósticos; Diagnostic criteria; First International Workshop on Ocular Sarcoidosis; Inflammatory uveitis; Panuveitis; Panuveítis; Sarcoid uveitis; Sarcoidosis; Uveitis; Uveítis; Uveítis inflamatoria; Uveítis sarcoidea.