Biópsia de conjuntiva para diagnóstico de sarcoidose

Conjunctival biopsy for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis

RESUMO

O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar a utilidade da biópsia de conjuntiva como procedimento rotineiro na avaliação de pacientes com suspeita de sarcoidose. Estudamos histológicamente 18 biópsias de 9 pacientes com sarcoidose sistêmica previamente comprovada por biópsias de diferentes tecidos. Os 18 exames (100%) foram negativos para processo granulomatoso sem necrose de caseificação. Concluímos que a biópsia de conjuntiva parece não ser procedimento útil para o diagnóstico de sarcoidose.

Palavras-chave:
Sarcoidose; Histopatologia; Conjuntiva

SUMMARY

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the usefulness of conjunctival biopsy as a routine procedure in the evaluation of patients with suspected sarcoidosis. We studied histologically eighteen biopsies from 9 patients with previously confirmed systemic sarcoidosis. The 18 biopsies (100%) were negative for a noncaseating granulomatous process. We concluded that conjunctival biopsy is not a useful procedure for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis.

Keywords:
Sarcoidosis; Histopathology; Conjunctiva

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• Trabalho realizado no Departamento de Oftalmol. da Santa Casa de São Paulo.

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Datas de Publicação

• Publicação nesta coleção
  Jun 1998