Application of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosis of sarcoidosis-related pleural effusion

Pleural effusion caused by sarcoidosis is unusual. Medical thoracoscopy could help clinicians detect associated pleural disease, yet studies on thoracoscopic observations in sarcoidosis pleural involvement are rare. In this article, we report the utility of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosing sarcoid...

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Autores principales: Wang, Feng, Tong, Zhaohui, Wang, Zhen, Wang, Xiaojuan, Zhan, Xi, Shi, Huanzhong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25473581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.62
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author Wang, Feng
Tong, Zhaohui
Wang, Zhen
Wang, Xiaojuan
Zhan, Xi
Shi, Huanzhong
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Tong, Zhaohui
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description Pleural effusion caused by sarcoidosis is unusual. Medical thoracoscopy could help clinicians detect associated pleural disease, yet studies on thoracoscopic observations in sarcoidosis pleural involvement are rare. In this article, we report the utility of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosing sarcoid-related pleural disease for three patients. Pleural nodularity was common with solitary and multiple nodules evident; biopsies confirmed the presence of diagnostic noncaseating granulomas.
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spelling pubmed-41847382014-12-03 Application of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosis of sarcoidosis-related pleural effusion Wang, Feng Tong, Zhaohui Wang, Zhen Wang, Xiaojuan Zhan, Xi Shi, Huanzhong Respirol Case Rep Case Reports Pleural effusion caused by sarcoidosis is unusual. Medical thoracoscopy could help clinicians detect associated pleural disease, yet studies on thoracoscopic observations in sarcoidosis pleural involvement are rare. In this article, we report the utility of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosing sarcoid-related pleural disease for three patients. Pleural nodularity was common with solitary and multiple nodules evident; biopsies confirmed the presence of diagnostic noncaseating granulomas. BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014-09 2014-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4184738/ /pubmed/25473581 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.62 Text en © 2014 The Authors. Respirology Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Asian Pacific Society of Respirology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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