An unusual case of chylothorax complicating childhood tuberculosis.
Endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) and chylothorax are rare clinical disorders. The concurrence of these two disorders as manifestations of childhood pulmonary tuberculosis has not been reported. We report a 4-month-old boy presenting with chylothorax as the initial presentation of tuberculosis that has been successfully treated with octreotide, antituberculosis drugs and steroid therapy.
Cakir
Erkan
E
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey. erkancakir1@yahoo.com
Gocmen
Basar
B
Uyan
Zeynep Seda
ZS
Oktem
Sedat
S
Kiyan
Gursu
G
Karakoc
Fazilet
F
Ersu
Refika
R
Karadag
Bulent
B
Dagli
Tolga
T
Dagli
Elif
E
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018893:Bronchoalveolar Lavage; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D015505:Chest Tubes; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015282:Octreotide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011718:Pyrazinamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents; D011718:Pyrazinamide; D015282:Octreotide; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin; D013307:Streptomycin