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Investigating a unilateral pleural effusion: A tale of a medical error and diagnostic delays

We report the case of an elderly Asian man where a medical error and diagnostic delays obscured the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TB). The patient was hospitalized for evaluation of a unilateral pleural effusion. Initially, the patient was subjected to a pleural aspiration on the wrong side due...

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Autores principales: Welagedara, Suminda, Swe, Tokyo Moe, Sriram, Krishna Bajee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5234206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28144068
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.197108