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Pleural Tuberculosis
See Also
Tuberculosis
Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
Epidemiology
Represents 5% of
Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
Signs
Unilateral, moderate
Pleural Effusion
Labs
Thoracentesis
for
Pleural Fluid
Pleural Fluid
exudative
Lymphocyte
predominance
Pleural Fluid
PCR for
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Pleural lesion (e.g. granuloma) biopsies
Management
See
Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
References
Light (1998) Arch Intern Med 158:1967-8 [PubMed]
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