OCULAR AND RENAL SARCOIDOSIS

Sarcoidosis commonly presents in young adults with bilateral hilar lym phadenopathy, lung parenchymal disease and/or skin lesions, Ocular sym ptoms are the presenting feature in up to 10% of cases(1), but eye inv olvement can be demonstrated in around a quarter of ail patients(2). R enal disease is much rarer, and may manifest with hypercalcaemic nephr opathy, granulomatous interstitial nephritis, tubular dysfunction or g lomerulonephritis. Eye and renal involvement are rarely found together , and may be confused with Wegener's granulomatosis or polyarteritis. We report a case of a young man who developed renal failure due to sar coidosis soon after presenting with uveitis, The case illustrates an u nusual combination of systemic features that may not be widely recogni zed(3).