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Value of Chest X-Ray and Chest Computed Tomography for Systemic Sarcoidosis Diagnosis in Undifferentiated Uveitis
Caroline Borciuch1, Thomas El-Jammal1,2, Laurent Kodjikian3,4
1Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France.
Background:
To evaluate the contribution of chest X-ray and chest CT for the diagnosis of sarcoid uveitis.
Methods:
Retrospective study on consecutive patients with uveitis of unknown etiology, who underwent both chest X-ray and CT during uveitis diagnosis workup in a tertiary French university hospital.
Results:
A total of 914 patients were included. Systemic sarcoidosis was identified in 23.1%. The probability of discordance between chest X-ray and CT increased with age at diagnosis (p < 0.001). In patients 30 years of age and younger, the probability of discordance was 5% or less, and 0.8% if the ACE level was normal. After 78.3 years of age, the probability of discordance was 20% or more.
Conclusion:
We recommend not to perform CT in patients under 30 years of age with a normal chest X ray and ACE level, and suggest performing chest CT first in the elderly.
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