title: Application of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosis of sarcoidosis-related pleural effusion.
abstract: Pleural effusion caused by sarcoidosis is unusual. Medical thoracoscopy could help clinicians detect associated pleural disease, yet studies on thoracoscopic observations in sarcoidosis pleural involvement are rare. In this article, we report the utility of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosing sarcoid-related pleural disease for three patients. Pleural nodularity was common with solitary and multiple nodules evident; biopsies confirmed the presence of diagnostic noncaseating granulomas.
authors.affiliation: Feng Wang is now working at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fuxing Hospital, affiliated to Capital Medical University Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Feng Wang is now working at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fuxing Hospital, affiliated to Capital Medical University Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Zhaohui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.affiliation: Feng Wang is now working at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fuxing Hospital, affiliated to Capital Medical University Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Feng Wang is now working at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fuxing Hospital, affiliated to Capital Medical University Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xiaojuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Feng Wang is now working at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fuxing Hospital, affiliated to Capital Medical University Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.affiliation: Feng Wang is now working at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fuxing Hospital, affiliated to Capital Medical University Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Huanzhong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shi
keywords: Pleural disease; sarcoidosis; thoracic surgery