Acute pleurisy in sarcoidosis. Issue 1 (February 1978)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gardiner, I T; Uff, J S
• Is Part Of: Thorax. Volume 33:Issue 1(1978)
• Page Start: 124
• Page End: 127
• Publication Date: 1978-02
• Subjects: Chest -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Thorax; Chest -- Diseases; Periodicals; Periodicals; 617.54
• DOI: 10.1136/thx.33.1.124
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0040-6376

Abstract

Abstract : A 47-year-old white man with sarcoidosis presented with a six-week history of acute painful pleurisy. On auscultation a loud pleural rub was heard at the left base together with bilateral basal crepitations. The chest radiograph showed hilar enlargement as well as diffuse lung shadowing. A lung biopsy showed the presence of numerous epithelioid and giant-cell granulomata, particularly subpleurally. A patchy interstitial pneumonia was also present. He was given a six-month course of prednisolone, and lung function returned to normal.