Herniation of tuberculous cavity presenting as caverno-chest wall fistula

Spontaneous drainage of a tuberculosis cavity by way of caverno-chest wall fistula is an extremely uncommon occurrence. We describe a patient of cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis, whose cavity herniated into the chest wall and formed a caverno-chest wall fistula. The patient responded to antitubercula...

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Main Authors:	Rai S, Kaul S, Naware S, Kashyap M
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2005-01-01
Series:	Lung India
Subjects:	Herniation of lung caverno-chest wall fistula
Online Access:	http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2005;volume=22;issue=4;spage=119;epage=121;aulast=Rai

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spelling	doaj-99a92563c2a543cd93f8a35556ba6e292020-11-24T22:35:13ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsLung India0970-21130974-598X2005-01-01224119121Herniation of tuberculous cavity presenting as caverno-chest wall fistulaRai SKaul SNaware SKashyap MSpontaneous drainage of a tuberculosis cavity by way of caverno-chest wall fistula is an extremely uncommon occurrence. We describe a patient of cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis, whose cavity herniated into the chest wall and formed a caverno-chest wall fistula. The patient responded to antitubercular treatment.http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2005;volume=22;issue=4;spage=119;epage=121;aulast=RaiHerniation of lungcaverno-chest wall fistula
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title	Herniation of tuberculous cavity presenting as caverno-chest wall fistula
title_short	Herniation of tuberculous cavity presenting as caverno-chest wall fistula
title_full	Herniation of tuberculous cavity presenting as caverno-chest wall fistula
title_fullStr	Herniation of tuberculous cavity presenting as caverno-chest wall fistula
title_full_unstemmed	Herniation of tuberculous cavity presenting as caverno-chest wall fistula
title_sort	herniation of tuberculous cavity presenting as caverno-chest wall fistula
publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series	Lung India
issn	0970-2113 0974-598X
publishDate	2005-01-01
description	Spontaneous drainage of a tuberculosis cavity by way of caverno-chest wall fistula is an extremely uncommon occurrence. We describe a patient of cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis, whose cavity herniated into the chest wall and formed a caverno-chest wall fistula. The patient responded to antitubercular treatment.
topic	Herniation of lung caverno-chest wall fistula
url	http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2005;volume=22;issue=4;spage=119;epage=121;aulast=Rai
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Herniation of tuberculous cavity presenting as caverno-chest wall fistula

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