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Cristina Albrici1, Jacopo Cefalo2, Michele Mondoni3
1Respiratory Unit, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan; Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan. cristina.albrici@unimi.it.
Abstract:
Disseminated tuberculosis is a rare form of tuberculosis that can cause severe illness if diagnosed and treated late. We present the case of a young Senegalese woman who had a miscarriage due to a pelvic inflammatory disease, followed by the development of a left pleural effusion. Despite laparoscopic findings and a salpinx biopsy that revealed necrotizing granulomas, only microbiological examinations of pleural biopsies revealed the final diagnosis of disseminated, drug-sensitive tuberculosis.
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