Research Article
Ocular Manifestations of Biopsy-Proven Pulmonary Sarcoidosis in Korea
Table 4
Comparison of method of diagnosis confirmation and prevalence and type of uveitis in studies of confirmed sarcoidosis.
| | This study | Evans et al. [9] | Lee et al. [10] | Sungur et al. [11] | Fakin et al. [12] | Febvay et al. [24] | Birnbaum et al. [25] |
| | Method of diagnosis (biopsy site) | Biopsy (variable) | Biopsy (variable) | Biopsy (variable) | Biopsy (unknown) | ATS/ERSa criteria | Biopsy (variable) | Biopsy (variable) | | Prevalence of uveitis (number of subjects) | 71% (55) | 41% (81) | 21% (104) | 55% (47) | 100%b (53) | 100%b (83) | 100%b (63) | | Bilaterality | 74.4% | Unknown | 77% | 100% | 79% | 75% | 89% | | Type of uveitis | | | | | | | | | Anterior | 30.8% | 52% | 41% | 15.4% | 21% | 19% | 30% | | Intermediate | 25.6% | 12% | 31% | 46.2% | 38% | 18% | 11% | | Posterior/panuveitis | 43.6% | 39% | 28% | 38.5% | 41% | 63% | 59% |
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aATS/ERS criteria: American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society criteria; bonly uveitis patients were included.
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