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

Tânia Araújo Ferreira

Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2808-5918

GC82-4

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Keywords

tuberculosis
neumotórax
medicina de emergencia
tubo torácico
neoplasias

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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