title: Bilateral tuberculous pleural effusions with markedly different characteristics.
abstract: A 72-year-old man presented with malaise, weight loss, and cough. Chest radiograph revealed bilateral pleural effusions. On thoracentesis, the left effusion was a clear yellow exudate with more than 90% lymphocytes, and the right effusion was a grossly bloody exudate with more than 90% neutrophils. Cultures of both effusions grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, Conn., USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moritz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes; D008297:Male; D009504:Neutrophils; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology