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Pulmonary sarcoidosis: presentation as bilateral spontaneous hydropneumothorax and pulmonary infiltrates
1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
Southern Medical Journal
|June 1, 2000
Abstract:
Pulmonary manifestations in sarcoidosis vary, ranging from asymptomatic chest radiographic abnormalities to progressive destruction of lung parenchyma with respiratory insufficiency. We describe a case of sarcoidosis in a patient with bilateral hydropneumothorax, parenchyma infiltrates, and respiratory insufficiency. Hydropneumothorax is extremely rare, and to our knowledge only two cases have been reported.