Choroidal thickness in ocular sarcoidosis during quiescent phase using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence...

To evaluate the choroidal thickness in patients with ocular sarcoidosis during quiescent phase using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) and comparing it with normal subjects.

Eighteen eyes of 9 patients with ocular sarcoidosis (8 women, 1 man, mean age: 59.12 ± 18.49 years) were enrolled in this study. Their subfoveal choroidal thickness was measured using EDI-OCT in the quiescent phase of uveitis, and compared with the age-, sex-, and spherical equivalent-matched normal subjects (6 women, 3 men, mean age: 59.6 ± 14.22 years).

The mean subfoveal choroidal thickness was 281.76 ± 88.1 µm in patients with sarcoidosis and 342.32 ± 71.02 µm in controls. Significant differences were found at points between nasal 1500 µm and temporal 1000 µm to the fovea between patients and control group (p = 0.002, at fovea).

Patients with ocular sarcoidosis had thinner choroids in the quiescent phases when compared to normal subjects.