Pleural involvements in pulmonary sarcoidosis: A case report and review of the literature

Xiaoqing Ji; Jiameng Lu; Anli Zuo; Fei Sun; Haiying Peng; Degan Lu

doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.902711

Pleural involvements in pulmonary sarcoidosis: A case report and review of the literature

Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Nov 16:9:902711. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.902711. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Xiaoqing Ji¹, Jiameng Lu², Anli Zuo³, Fei Sun⁴, Haiying Peng⁵, Degan Lu^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China.
² School of Microelectronics, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
³ Department of Respiratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Jinan, China.
⁴ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Jining First People's Hospital, Jining, China.
⁵ Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second People's Hospital of Yibin, Yibin, China.
⁶ Department of Respiratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shandong Institute of Anesthesia and Respiratory Critical Medicine, Jinan, China.
⁷ Department of Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shandong Institute of Anesthesia and Respiratory Critical Medicine, Jinan, China.

Abstract

As a chronic and multisystemic granulomatosis of unknown origin, sarcoidosis can affect multiple organs throughout the body with variable progression and prognosis. Sarcoidosis may present with a battery of symptoms and signs, such as dyspnea, non-productive cough, uveitis, and erythema nodosum. Although the lungs and mediastinal lymph nodes are almost affected in sarcoidosis, involvements of the pleurae remain uncommon. Herein, we report a case of sarcoidosis with both pleural effusions and pleural nodules as confirmed by thoracoscopic pleural biopsy.

Keywords: biopsy; pleural effusion; pleural nodules; sarcoidosis; thoracoscopy.

Publication types

Case Reports