[Report of 2 cases with sarcoid pericardiac effusion]

Two cases of sarcoidosis with pericardial effusion were reported. They had the typical presentation of sarcoidosis with bilateral hilar and mediastinal lymph-node enlargement, reticular pattern in chest X-ray examination and increase of SACE. Biopsy of the scalene lymph nodes confirmed the diagnosis of sarcoidosis and Kveim test was also positive in one subject. The unusual manifestation was their pericardiac effusion confirmed by x-ray and UCG examination. The amount of pericardial effusion remarkably decreased after treatment with oral steroids. In this paper we reviewed the literatures and discussed the clinical features, diagnostic procedures, pathologic changes, treatment and prognosis of sarcoidosis complicated with pericardial effusion.