[Bilateral pleural thickening pseudo-tumour due to tuberculosis].
The authors report the case of a 20 year old Senegalese woman in whom pulmonary and bone tuberculosis presented as bilateral, lobulated pleural thickening without effusion, associated with a vertebral abscess at D 9-10. The diagnosis was obtained by histological examination of a CT guided pleural biopsy. After 12 months treatment there was complete resolution of the pleural disease. Tuberculous pleural disease is rarely bilateral and such presentation as a pseudo-tumour is very rare in Europe. Anatomically the pleural disease would seem to have been secondary to the vertebral disease as the result of direct spread.
Le Guillou
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Département de pneumologie, Groupe Hospitalier du Havre, Hôpital Jacques Monod, Le Havre, France.
Hubscher
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Cuvelier
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Quieffin
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J
Guyonnaud
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CD
El Haite
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A
Quieffin
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F
D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D015769:Granuloma, Respiratory Tract / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000150:complications*; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents