Pleural tuberculosis: a key differential diagnosis for pleural thickening, even without obvious risk factors for tuberculosis in a low incidence setting

We report the case of a 64-year-old woman, presenting with pleuritic chest pain and weight loss. She had a previous history of breast malignancy and no clear risk factors for tuberculosis (TB). Initial investigations showed a right-sided pleural effusion and pleural thickening suggestive of malignan...

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I publikationen:BMJ Case Rep
Huvudupphovsmän: Philip, Keir Elmslie James, Kon, Onn Min, Roddie, Mary, Ross, Clare
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Reminder of Important Clinical Lesson
Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6214377/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30368474
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-224992
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