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Bilaterally Diffuse Lacrimal Gland Involvement: Initial Presentation of Systemic Sarcoidosis

Bilateral Diffüz Lakrimal Bez Tutulumu: Sistemik Sarkoidozun İlk Bulgusu

Pages
165–168
Publication Date
2022-11-05
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Although orbital involvement is uncommon in sarcoidosis, it should be remembered in the differential diagnosis of orbital masses.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Orbital involvement in systemic sarcoidosis is a rare condition.
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Key Findings & Data:A 20-year-old woman admitted the ophthalmology department with progressive bilateral upper eyelid swelling for 6 months.
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Conclusion & Impact:Although orbital involvement is uncommon in sarcoidosis, it should be remembered in the differential diagnosis of orbital masses.
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Abstract

Orbital involvement in systemic sarcoidosis is a rare condition. We report a case of orbital sarcoidosis with bilaterally huge lacrimal gland involvement as the initial manifestation of systemic sarcoidosis. A 20-year-old woman admitted the ophthalmology department with progressive bilateral upper eyelid swelling for 6 months. The only pathologic finding was the presence of bilateral, symmetrical, solid, lobular masses at the lateral upper eyelids at the location of lacrimal glands. On systemic examination, bilateral parotid and submandibular glands appeared swollen. Magnetic resonance imaging of the orbit revealed bilateral symmetrical diffuse enlargement of the lacrimal glands with maximum and minimum thickness of 11 mm and 7 mm, respectively. The biopsy findings were compatible with sarcoidosis. Although lacrimal gland involvement has been reported in different studies, we for the first time report an unusual case with bilateral diffuse huge lacrimal gland involvement. Normal lacrimal gland thickness is approximately 4-5 mm in magnetic resonance imaging, while our case had bilateral diffuse enlargement of lacrimal glands, which showed maximum and minimum thickness of 11 mm and 7 mm, respectively. Although orbital involvement is uncommon in sarcoidosis, it should be remembered in the differential diagnosis of orbital masses.

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Sistemik sarkoidozda orbital tutulum nadir görülen bir durum olup, bu yazıda sistemik sarkoidozun ilk bulgusu bilateral dev lakrimal beztutulumu olan bir olgu bildirilmiştir. Yirmi yaşında kadın hasta 6 aydır devam eden ilerleyici bilateral üst göz kapağında şişme şikayetiile başvurdu. Hastanın tek patolojik bulgusu lakrimal bez bölgesine lokalize bilateral, simetrik, sert, lobüler kitle varlığıydı. Sistemikmuayenede bilateral parotid ve submandibular bezlerde şişlik vardı. Orbitanın manyetik rezonans görüntülemesinde maksimum veminimum kalınlığı 7 ve 11 mm olmak üzere bilateral lakrimal bezlerde simetrik, difüz genişleme izlendi. Biyopsi bulgusu sarkoidoz ileuyumlu geldi. Farklı çalışmalarda sistemik sarkoidozda lakrimal bez tutulumu bildirilmiş olsa da, bu çalışmada ilk kez, sık izlenmeyenbilateral difüz dev lakrimal bez tutulumu bildirilmiştir. Manyetik rezonans görüntülemede normal lakrimal bez kalınlığı ortalama 4-5mm olup, bu olguda dev lakrimal bez tutulumu mevcut olup, bezin minimum kalınlığı 7 mm, maksimum kalınlığı 11 mm olarakölçülmüştür. Sarkoidozda orbital tutulum sık olarak izlenmese de, orbital kitlelerin ayırıcı tanısında sarkoidoz yer almalıdır.

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KIZILTUNÇ, P. B., ÇİFTÇİ, F., HOŞAL, B., KAYGUSUZ, G. (2022). Bilaterally Diffuse Lacrimal Gland Involvement: Initial Presentation of Systemic Sarcoidosis. Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, Cilt: 47 - Sayı: 3, 165–168. https://ajindex.com/articles/637860

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