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ArticleRheumatology international2025

Increased retinal thickness in sarcoidosis patients with ocular system involvement visualized with optical coherence tomography: a cross-sectional study.

Keld-Erik Byg, Torkell Ellingsen, Jimmi Wied, Michella Peiris, Simon Joel Lowater, Tobias Sejbaek, Jakob Grauslund

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Keld-Erik BygDepartment of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. keld-erik.byg@rsyd.dk.ORCID 0000-0003-4834-5457
Torkell EllingsenDepartment of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-0426-4962
Jimmi WiedDepartment of Ophthalmology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-8895-1553
Michella PeirisDepartment of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Simon Joel LowaterDepartment of Ophthalmology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-2882-5739
Tobias SejbaekDepartment of Neurology, Esbjerg Hospital, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-7682-2188
Jakob GrauslundDepartment of Ophthalmology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-5019-0736

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Abstract

This study investigates the thickness of retinal structures in patients with neurosarcoidosis (NS) and ocular sarcoidosis (OS). We compared the central macular thickness (CMT), retinal thickness (RT), central nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness, and ganglion cell layer (GCL) thickness using optical coherence tomography. In a cross-sectional study, we categorized 97 sarcoidosis patients (185 eyes) into four groups: patients without ocular or central nervous system sarcoidosis (Non-Ocular/Non-CNS, n = 53), patients with OS (Ocular, n = 13), patients with NS (CNS, n = 16), and patients with combined OS and NS (Ocular/CNS, n = 15). The mean age was 51 (14) years. We found no overall difference between the groups in the CMT (p = 0.3), RT (p = 0.9), RNFL (p = 0.3), and GCL measurements (p = 0.9). Only in patients with a disease duration of more than five years, the CMT was significantly thicker in the Ocular group (278 μm, p < 0.001), the CNS group (267 μm, p = 0.04), and the Ocular/CNS group (268 μm, p = 0.04), compared to the Non-Ocular/Non-CNS group (249 μm). The RT was significantly thicker in the Ocular group (296 μm, p = 0.008) and the Ocular/CNS group (291 μm, p = 0.03) compared to the Non-Ocular/Non-CNS group (283 μm). In the RNFL measurements, the Ocular group (33.7 μm, p = 0.002) was thicker than the Non-ocular/Non-CNS group (29.1 μm). We found an increased retinal thickness in patients with ocular sarcoidosis and long disease duration.

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Central Nervous System DiseasesEye DiseasesRetinaRetinal DiseasesSarcoidosisTomography, Optical CoherenceAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNerve FibersNeurosarcoidosisOcularOptical coherence tomographyRetinaSarcoidosis

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PMID40014150
PMCPMC11868241

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