title: Bilateral pneumothorax complicating miliary tuberculosis in children: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: An 11-year-old boy presented with a 4-week history of fever and 2 weeks later developed a cough with breathlessness. His chest X-ray showed bilateral miliary shadows with pneumothorax on the left side. While on antituberculous therapy which was started on admission, he developed right-sided pneumothorax with significant collapse of the left lung. He was managed by tube thoracotomy with underwater seal but died 4 hours after the procedure was completed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria Nigeria. wammanda@inet-global.com
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Wammanda
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ameh
authors.forename: F U
authors.initials: FU
authors.lastname: Ali
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents