Heerfordt's syndrome
febris uveoparotidea latin

In this case, the symptom is related to Heerfordt's syndrome.

Heerfordt's syndrome is present in approximately 0.3% of those with sarcoidosis.

The exact cause of Heerfordt's syndrome has not yet been definitively determined.

Of those patients who have been diagnosed with Heerfordt's syndrome, 15% have a close relative who also has the syndrome.

Heerfordt's syndrome exhibits spontaneous remission.

In patients that have already been diagnosed with sarcoidosis, Heerfordt's syndrome can be inferred from the major symptoms of the syndrome, which include parotitis, fever, and facial nerve palsy.

Heerfordt's syndrome, also referred to as uveoparotid fever, Heerfordt-Mylius syndrome, Heerfordt-Waldenström syndrome, and Waldenström's uveoparotitis, is a rare manifestation of sarcoidosis.