What is it about?
Describing the most frequent ocular findings of the most important systemic granulomatous infectious or inflammatory disorders. Discussion of the most relevant ocular complications developed in patients suffering from tuberculosis, syphilis, Lyme disease, sarcoidosis, among others is described in this review.
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Why is it important?
Infectious and inflammatory systemic granulomatous disorders frequently affect the ocular tissues, particularly in the form of uveitis involving any intraocular structure. In many cases, the ocular manifestations are the most important findings of these diseases. Moreover, in up to 30% of cases, the ocular manifestations are the presenting sign of the disease.
Perspectives
When reviewing and selecting by importance and frequency, the systemic diseases that should be discussed in this review, I noticed the relevance that the ophthalmic manifestations have in the clinical course and prognosis of many of these disorders.
Dr. Alejandro Rodriguez-Garcia
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
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This page is a summary of: Ocular manifestations of systemic granulomatous diseases, Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, April 1991, Wolters Kluwer Health,
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199102020-00013.
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