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First Clinical Case of Tuberculous Pleural Effusion

A Young Pregnant Woman

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We here report the case of a 26-year-old pregnant woman with a left pleural effusion of infectious origin. A thoracentesis was performed. The tests performed on the pleural fluid, in particular the microbiological ones, were all negative. The differential cell count of the pleural fluid showed a lymphocytosis (61%), confirmed in a second thoracentesis (84%). The microbiological examinations performed with the second thoracentesis were also completely negative. For this reason, we decided to perform a medical thoracoscopy, by which it was possible to reach the definitive diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy.

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    Angelo G. Casalini

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Casalini, A.G. (2023). First Clinical Case of Tuberculous Pleural Effusion. In: Casalini, A.G. (eds) Practical Manual of Pleural Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20312-1_11

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