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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |