Angiotensin-converting enzyme in sarcoid uveitis.

Serum Angiotensin Converting Enzyme in Patients with Psoriasis

Background: Controversial data concerning the elevation of serum angiotensin-converting enzyme in psoriasis are reported in the literature. In order to verify whether this abnormality exists in Iranian patients, we performed this study. Method: Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme level was measured in 40 psoriatics. According to clinical forms of psoriasis, patients were further divided into th...

Contribution of T cell subset analysis in induced sputum in diagnosing ocular sarcoidosis.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to establish a correlation between the diagnosis of ocular sarcoidosis and the presence of an elevated CD4/CD8 ratio in the induced sputum(IS) of patients with uveitis and no other systemic symptoms. METHODS This retrospective chart review study included all newly diagnosed uveitis patients treated between 1998-2006. IS examinations and determination of ang...

Polymorphic cutaneous sarcoidosis: A case report

Sarcoidosis (Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease) is a multisystem disease of unknown etiology with various cutaneous presentations. It is characterized by the presence of non-caseating ‘naked’ granulomas in the affected tissue. We report a case of polymorphic cutaneous sarcoid in a 39-year-old immunocompetent male. He was visited at our outpatient department with multiple asymptomatic red colored ...

Angiotensin Converting Enzyme in Sarcoidosis

Red eyes presenting with a fistulous lesion in the left lower extremity: a case report

INTRODUCTION Very few cases of scar sarcoidosis affecting the eyes and bone together have been reported in the last few years. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a 49-year-old Spanish man with recurrent bilateral granulomatous uveitis and a fistulous nodular lesion in the left pre-tibial region (scar granuloma) on the site of an 8-year-old scar. He presented with bilateral hilar adenopathi...