Hemorrhagic pleural effusion secondary to sarcoidosis: A brief review

Abstract

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.

Bloody Pleural Effusion -A Rare Manifestation of Sarcoidosis

“…Bilateral or symmetric enlargement of the hilar lymph nodes is more common in patients with sarcoidosis. Our patients as well as most of the other reported patients with sarcoidosis with bloody pleural effusions presented with bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy (3,(6)(7)(8). In patients who present with bloody pleural effusion combined with bilateral hilar prominence and/or infiltration of the lung fields, sarcoidosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis.…”

“…The prognosis of sarcoidosis with a bloody pleural effusion is good, according to previous reports (2,3,(6)(7)(8). Due to the limited number of cases, the accumulation of more cases and data is therefore needed to obtain a better understanding of the clinical course of pleural involvement of sarcoidosis, especially with respect to such rarely seen bloody pleural effusion.…”

Hemorrhagic sarcoid pleural effusion: A rare entity

“…Kumar et al . [ 9 ] published a case of deep cervical lymphadenopathy, bilateral hilar adenopathy with left sided bloody pleural effusion. All cases responded to oral corticosteroid therapy and did not report any recurrence.…”