title: Pulmonary sarcoidosis: presentation as bilateral spontaneous hydropneumothorax and pulmonary infiltrates.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Daoud
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006872:Hydropneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000175:diagnosis; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013147:Spirometry; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed