Pulmonary Tuberculosis Presenting as Surgical Emphysema without Pneumothorax and/or Pneumomediastinum
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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.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
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English
Year:
2007
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