Related Experiment Videos
Sarcoidosis of the eyelid skin
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 25799-7040.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|January 1, 1995
Abstract
Purpose/Methods:
A 34-year-old woman with a history of pulmonary sarcoidosis was referred for examination and treatment of suspected molluscum contagiosum nodules of the eyelids. After full ophthalmic examination, she underwent a biopsy of an eyelid nodule.
Results/Conclusions:
Histopathologic examination of the eyelid nodule showed numerous, noncaseating granulomas as well as giant cells. This case represents the rare findings of sarcoidosis of the eyelid skin in a patient with chronic but not ocular sarcoidosis.