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A massive hemorrhagic pleural effusion does not exclude the diagnosis of tuberculosis: a case report
We report a case of an immunocompetent 18-year-old man with a massive hemorrhagic, exudative, lymphocytic pleural effusion. Blind transthoracic pleural biopsy showed granuloma formation, while the pleural fluid culture was positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, confirming the diagnosis of primary...
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cases Network Ltd
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740155/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830095 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8707 |