title: [Tuberculous pleuritis in pre-existent sarcoidosis].
abstract: The coexistence of the two granulomatous diseases sarcoidosis and tuberculosis in the same patient is rare and can raise diagnostic problems. We report a case of this kind in a 31-year-old man and discuss the diagnostic investigations, some of which can be misleading. In a patient with sarcoidosis and pleural effusion the possibility of tuberculosis must be ruled out, if necessary invasively.
authors.affiliation: Pneumologische Abteilung, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Inselspital Bern.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hamacher
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Losa
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Im Hof
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gugger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Pleuritis tuberculosa bei vorbestehender Sarkoidose.