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Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-154392
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Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-146893
ABSTRACT
Pneumothorax is a common complication in pulmonary tuberculosis that is usually seen with underlying cavitary lesion. However, it is uncommonly seen in patients with miliary tuberculosis. This communication describes bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax in an 18 years’ old female patient having miliary tuberculosis.
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Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-171394
ABSTRACT
Surgical emphysema as a presenting manifestation of pulmonary tuberculosis in the absence of pneumothorax and/or pneumomediastinum is not yet known. We report one such case in which surgical emphysema was probably the result of rupture of a pulmonary cavity into subcutaneous tissue resulting from caverno-pleuro-cutaneous fistula.