Tuberculosis pulmonar presentada como neumotórax masivo

Marta Rebocho Alves; Tânia  Araújo Ferreira

doi:10.22546/63/2407

Vol. 82 No. 4 (2021), Clinical cases

Vol. 82 No. 4 (2021)

Pulmonary tuberculosis disguised as a massive pneumothorax

Clinical cases

Marta Rebocho Alves⁺⁻
Tânia Araújo Ferreira⁺⁻

Marta Rebocho Alves

Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7230-0457 (unauthenticated)

Tânia Araújo Ferreira

Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2808-5918 (unauthenticated)

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Abstract

Pulmonary tuberculosis is an indolent disease that may rarely be fatal. Extensive destruction of pulmonary parenchyma is rarely seen nowadays. This image shows a large tuberculosis cavitation that mimics massive a pneumothorax.

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