Late reactivation of tuberculosis in an oleothorax.
The injection of oil into the pleural cavity was a widely used treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis until the advent of effective anti-tuberculous therapy. Long-term complications of oleothorax can occur when the oil is not removed. The authors present an unusual complication of oleothorax, reactivation of tuberculosis, 54 years after oil instillation.
Fahy
Ruairi J
RJ
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1252, USA. fahy-1@medctr.osu.edu
Morales
Juan
J
King
Mark
M
D000368:Aged; D003096:Collapse Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009821:Oils / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011017:Pneumonia, Lipid / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012008:Recurrence; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*
D009821:Oils