Conjunctival Impression Cytology and Tear Film Changes in Sarcoidosis: A Subjective and Objective Diagnosis Study.

Özgür Eroğul Aydin Balci Hamidu Hamisi Gobeka Neriman Efe Muberra Akdogan Ayşe Yeşim Oral Mustafa Doğan Çiğdem Özdemir Murat Kasikci Sinan Saraçlı

Published in: Turkish journal of ophthalmology (2023)

Sarcoidosis patients had significantly higher Nelson grades in conjunctival IC, as well as significantly higher percentages of dry eye as determined by the Schirmer I test, TBUT, and OSDI. Reduced tear quantity and quality may destabilize the tear film layer, resulting in a variety of ocular symptoms.

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