Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare pleuritis with massive pleural effusion.
Atypical mycobacterial infection is seldom accompanied by pleural involvement. We report a very rare case of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare pleuritis with massive pleural effusion. The patient was a non-immunocompromised 35-year-old Japanese male with insidious onset of fever, chest pain and anorexia. The pleural effusion gradually resolved with empirical antimycobacterial treatment, leaving considerable pleural adhesion and thickening.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000175:diagnosis; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*