Chylothorax with Transudate: An Unusual Presentation of Tuberculosis
Introduction: Twenty-five per cent of tuberculosis patients have pleural tuberculosis, which is the third most common form of presentation. Most cases present as an exudative pleural effusion with just few cases reported as chylothorax in the literature. All pleural effusions from confirmed cases, i...
Main Authors: | Miguel Angel Zamora-López, Iris Camelia Farias-Navarro, Erick Joel Rendon-Ramirez |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SMC MEDIA SRL
2020-05-01
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Series: | European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1645 |
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