Open AccessPleural Sarcoidosis and Occult Lymphatic Anthracosis: An Unusual Symptomatic Association
Author(s) -
Rosa Alves,
Bruno Sousa,
Francisco d’Orey,
Pedro Sequeira,
Ana Oliveira,
Tiago Judas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/2020_001479
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoidosis , asymptomatic , occult , pneumoconiosis , etiology , chronic cough , dermatology , pleural effusion , lung , pathology , radiology , asthma , alternative medicine
Sarcoidosis is a chronic multisystemic inflammatory disease of unknown aetiology. Virtually any organ or system can be involved, resulting in a wide range of clinical presentation. Pleural sarcoidosis is rare. Pleural effusion can only be attributed to pleural sarcoidosis in the presence of pleural non-caseating epithelioid granulomas and after excluding other granulomatous diseases. Anthracosis is a pneumoconiosis associated with thoracic adenopathies and bronchial disease, and it is usually asymptomatic. The authors present a case of a middle-aged man hospitalized due to cough, right-sided pleuritic chest pain and trepopnoea.