Çaça, IÜnlü, KBüyükbayram, HAri, S2024-04-242024-04-2420061120-6721https://doi.org/10.1177/112067210601600128https://hdl.handle.net/11468/18138PURPOSE. Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease of unknown cause, characterized by noncaseating, granulomas. In this study, the authors present a sarcoidosis patient without systemic signs diagnosed by histopathologic analysis of conjunctival deposits. METHODS. A 10-year-old girl had bilateral, focal, multilobular, multiple pale yellow deposits in bulbar conjunctiva for a year. In the patient's biomicroscopic examination, numerous 0.50 to 2-mm diameter pale yellow deposits were determined in both bulbar conjunctivas. The patient had no other systemic or ocular complaints. A conjunctival biopsy was performed. RESULTS. The biopsy specimens showed noncaseating granulomas with prominent asteroid bodies. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme levels were increased in the patient. Conjunctival deposits were the first manifestation of sarcoidosis in the patient and the diagnosis of sarcoidosis was confirmed with a conjunctival biopsy. CONCLUSIONS. To the authors' knowledge, this is the second study that reports a sarcoidosis patient with non-systemic involvement diagnosed after histopathologic analysis of conjunctival deposits.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessConjunctival DepositSarcoidosisAsteroid BodiesArticle161168170WOS:0002357286000282-s2.0-336455381981649626410.1177/112067210601600128Q2Q4