title: Extensive fibrosis caused by Pleural Tuberculosis: a lesson from a case without post-exposure-prophylaxis.
abstract: We report the case of a 9-year-old boy with extensive pleural fibrosis and contraction of the affected hemithorax secondary to pleural tuberculosis (TB), who was successfully treated with a 6 months course of the standard WHO regimen. Although well described for the adult population, this complication is rare among children and to our knowledge, no such case has been described since the widespread introduction of antitubercular therapy in the 1950s. This case underscores the importance of appropriate follow-up and administration of chemoprophylaxis after TB exposure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Julius Valentin
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Emmrich
authors.forename: Manja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamprad
authors.forename: Ina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sorge
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hammerschmidt
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gradistanac
authors.forename: Regine
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schille
authors.forename: Wieland
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kiess
authors.forename: Freerk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Prenzel
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D056990:Post-Exposure Prophylaxis; D011859:Radiography; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging