Miliary tuberculosis with bilateral pneumothorax: a rare complication.
A 15-year-old girl presented with a history of cough, fever for five months and breathlessness of two days duration. Her chest roentgenogram showed bilateral miliary shadows with a left sided pneumothorax. Shortly afterwards, she developed a pneumothorax on the other side also. She was managed with intercostal tube drainage on both sides and antitubercular treatment. She made an uneventful recovery.
Sharma
Niraj
N
Rajan Babu TB Hospital, Kingsway Camp, Delhi.
Kumar
Praveen
P
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000150:complications*