Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in the treatment of sarcoidosis and association with ACE gene polymorphism: Case series.

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) is used as a marker for sarcoid disease activity.1 We present an observational study of four African-American patients all of whom demonstrated improvement in their sarcoidosis after treatment with ACE inhibitors for hypertension.

Sarcoidose sem uveíte / Sarcoidosis without uveitis

O autor enfatiza a participaçäo do oftalmologista na elucidaçäo diagnóstica de doenças sistêmicas, a partir de um caso clínico de suposta manifestaçäo extra-pulmonar de Sarcoidose, em uveite; uma variante da doença de Heefordt, comentando aspectos do diagnóstico e tratamento