Hopefully this letter may serve as a reminder that although ileoileal intussusception may not be a common condition in adolescents and adults, it should be considered in cases with unexplained, recurrent abdominal pain. Unusual cases of intussusception. Intussusception and the diagnostic value of testing stool for occult blood. Bhisitkul DM, Listernick R, Shkolnik A, Donaldson JS, Henricks BD, Feinstein KA, et al. Clinical application of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of intussusception.
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder.
While small effusions occur in 19 percent of cases, massive pericardial effusion leading to cardiac tamponade secondary to sarcoidosis is exceedingly rare and only a few cases have been reported. We report here a patient with sarcoidosis who presented with cardiac tamponade. He was treated with oral antibiotics on two different occasions with no relief of symptoms. A previous admission one year earlier for transbronchial biopsy revealed a diagnosis of sarcoidosis. History was negative for medication use, tuberculosis exposure, smoking, alcoholism or drug abuse.