Miliary tuberculosis with bilateral pneumothorax: a rare complication.
Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci
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2002 Apr-Jun; 44(2): 125-7
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in English
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| ID: sea-30356
ABSTRACT
A 15-year-old girl presented with a history of cough, fever for five months and breathlessness of two days duration. Her chest roentgenogram showed bilateral miliary shadows with a left sided pneumothorax. Shortly afterwards, she developed a pneumothorax on the other side also. She was managed with intercostal tube drainage on both sides and antitubercular treatment. She made an uneventful recovery.
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Main subject:
Pneumothorax
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Tuberculosis, Miliary
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Female
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Humans
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Adolescent
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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