Empyema necessitans mimicking mesothelioma; unusual presentation of active pulmonary TB in immuno-competent state

• This case presented with very rare feature of active Pulmonary TB. • It denotes that Empyema Necessitans can mimick mesothelioma. • Unusual CT findings of Empyema Necessitans. • It states importance of induced sputum for TB diagnosis. • We recommend to test induced sputum for extrapulmonary tuberc...

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Autores principales: Dirie, Abdirahman Mohamed Hassan, Özdemir, Hasan, Hussein, Abdinafic Mohamud, Warsame, Ali Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8977918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35386768
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103464
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description • This case presented with very rare feature of active Pulmonary TB. • It denotes that Empyema Necessitans can mimick mesothelioma. • Unusual CT findings of Empyema Necessitans. • It states importance of induced sputum for TB diagnosis. • We recommend to test induced sputum for extrapulmonary tuberculosis to halt the spread of TB in the communities.
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spelling pubmed-89779182022-04-05 Empyema necessitans mimicking mesothelioma; unusual presentation of active pulmonary TB in immuno-competent state Dirie, Abdirahman Mohamed Hassan Özdemir, Hasan Hussein, Abdinafic Mohamud Warsame, Ali Mohamed Ann Med Surg (Lond) Case Report • This case presented with very rare feature of active Pulmonary TB. • It denotes that Empyema Necessitans can mimick mesothelioma. • Unusual CT findings of Empyema Necessitans. • It states importance of induced sputum for TB diagnosis. • We recommend to test induced sputum for extrapulmonary tuberculosis to halt the spread of TB in the communities. Elsevier 2022-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8977918/ /pubmed/35386768 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103464 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Empyema necessitans mimicking mesothelioma; unusual presentation of active pulmonary TB in immuno-competent state
title Empyema necessitans mimicking mesothelioma; unusual presentation of active pulmonary TB in immuno-competent state
title_full Empyema necessitans mimicking mesothelioma; unusual presentation of active pulmonary TB in immuno-competent state
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title_full_unstemmed Empyema necessitans mimicking mesothelioma; unusual presentation of active pulmonary TB in immuno-competent state
title_short Empyema necessitans mimicking mesothelioma; unusual presentation of active pulmonary TB in immuno-competent state
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103464
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