Open AccessHemorrhagic pleural effusion secondary to sarcoidosis: A brief review
Author(s) -
Santosh Kumar,
Sanjeev Verma,
Rajni Singh,
Rajendra Prasad
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.44783
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoidosis , pleural effusion , presentation (obstetrics) , pulmonary sarcoidosis , effusion , pathology , radiology , surgery
Pleural effusion is considered to be a rare manifestation of pulmonary sarcoidosis, but hemorrhagic effusion secondary to it is a very uncommon clinical presentation. This case is reported due to the rare manifestation in pulmonary sarcoidosis presenting clinically as hemorrhagic pleural effusion.