Simultaneous Presentation of Ocular Sarcoidosis and Early Axial Spondyloarthritis in a Young Woman

Introduction Axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) is an inflammatory disease that predominantly affects vertebral and sacroiliac joint. Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory multi-system disease associated with the formation of non-caseating granulomas within involved systems (1). Both diseases can involve ocular manifestations of which anterior uveitis are common feature. Articular involvement has been reported in about 5% of cases with sarcoidosis (2). Therefore, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish one disease from the other. Sacroiliac joint involvement, in which the hallmark of axial SpA (3,4), is not a common feature of sarcoidosis. Here, we present a case with simultaneous onset of early axial SpA with ocular sarcoidosis.