How often do you recommend ophthalmologic screening exams for patients with sarcoidosis?
The American Academy of Ophthalmology has guidelines for routine eye exams for an asymptomatic, healthy individual (not someone with sarcoidosis). These guidelines include a complete, dilated eye exam at age 40, interim exams at the discretion of the patient and one's ophthalmologist, and an exam ev...
The 2020 American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Detection of Sarcoidosis approached the issue of ocular screening in its 3rd question. There were 18 published articles reviewed, finding an overall prevalence of ocular findings in 26% of sarcoidosis patients refer...
I fully agree with Dr. @Dr. First Last's circumspection. His answer also comports with the guidance of the American Thoracic Society on the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Sarcoidosis. Similarly, based on a non-statistical set of my own experience, I cannot recall any patient who had creeping silent ocu...