Boeck's Sarcoid of the Lacrimal Gland*

Sarcoidosis

“…Later, cases were reported in which painless enlargement of lacrimal glands was found by biopsy and association with other features of sarcoidosis to be apart of that disease (Rosenbaum, 1941;Sniderman, 1941;Schultz, 1945;Longcope and Freiman, 1952;Ainslie and James, 1956;Gruber et al, 1956;Crick et al, 1961;Cook et al, 1972), and granulomas have been found in lacrimal glands of normal size in patients with sarcoidosis (Crick et Greenburg et al, 1964). Lacrimal secretion, when tested, is frequently found to be deficient in patients with sarcoidosis, with or without evidence of other sorts of ocular involvement; it may lead to the syndrome of kerato-conjunctivitis sicca.…”