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Recurrent pneumothoraces in miliary tuberculosis
K S Chandra1, A S Prasad, C E Prasad
1Department of Chest Diseasess and Tuberculosis, Hospital for Diseases of Chest and Tuberculosis (Osmania University), Hyderabad, India.
Tropical and Geographical Medicine
|October 1, 1988
Abstract:
An 18-year-old female patient with miliary tuberculosis presented with bilateral, simultaneous pneumothoraces, which were recurrent with a bronchopleural fistula. The recurrent pneumothoraces were managed with tube thoracostomy and pleurodesis. Various possible pathogenetic mechanisms of this rare complication are discussed.