Ocular Sarcoidosis as Initial Presentation of the Disease: Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors Associated with Disease Recurrence.

Purpose: To review the clinical presentation and diagnostic workup of patients presenting with ocular sarcoidosis as initial manifestation of the disease and identify risk factors for disease recurrence.

Methods: All cases of sarcoidosis followed in our departments of Ophthalmology and Internal Medicine were retrospectively reviewed. Among 177 patients, 50 had ocular sarcoidosis as initial presentation of the disease.

Triple Gram-negative bacterial endophthalmitis following intravitreal injection.

Purpose: To describe a puzzling case of endophthalmitis caused by three unusual bacteria after intravitreal injection, its outcome, and underlying questions.

Findings: A 70-year-old female patient was diagnosed with acute endophthalmitis following intravitreal aflibercept injection for age-related macular degeneration. A standard tap and inject procedure was performed.