Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease shich most commonly affects black, young adults.
The most common ocular inflammation seen in sarcoidosis is an anterior uveitis. Histopathologically, sarcoidosis is characterized by a non-caseating, granulomatous inflammation with descrete foci of inflammation. In addition, the epithelioid cells in the granulomos may have small, eosinophilic, star-shaped inclusions called asteroid bodies or darker ovoid inclusions called Schaumann's bodies.