A case of rapidly expanding tuberculous lung cavity after bronchoscopy.
A non-smoking Asian woman with previously treated pulmonary tuberculosis presented with a recent onset unproductive cough and cavitating mass lesion on her chest X-ray which rapidly developed into a large tuberculous cavity after bronchoscopy. Acid-fast bacilli were isolated from the cavity and she responded very rapidly to standard anti-tuberculous chemotherapy. This unusual condition must be considered in patients who deteriorate after bronchoscopy.
Tsang
K W
KW
Department of Medicine, Peterborough District Hospital, U.K.
Jones
B
B
Mungall
I P
IP
D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents