Sago‐grain nodules in tubercular pleural effusion

A 6‐year‐old boy was referred with complaints of chest pain for 2 months with low‐grade fever. A computerized tomography of the chest revealed a loculated pleural effusion on the left side. Medical thoracoscopy was performed that revealed a characteristic sago‐grain follicle over the parietal pleura...

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Published in:Pediatric pulmonology 2024-12, Vol.59 (12), p.3750-3751
Main Authors: Madhusudan, Manoj, Potti, Priyanka, Chandra, Tejaswi, Tukaram, Srikanta J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biopsy
Child
Humans
Male
Pleura - diagnostic imaging
Pleura - pathology
Pleural Effusion - diagnostic imaging
Pleural Effusion - etiology
pleuroscopy
sago grain follicles
Thoracoscopy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
tubercular pleural effusion
Tuberculosis, Pleural - complications
Tuberculosis, Pleural - diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Pleural - diagnostic imaging
Tuberculosis, Pleural - drug therapy
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Summary:A 6‐year‐old boy was referred with complaints of chest pain for 2 months with low‐grade fever. A computerized tomography of the chest revealed a loculated pleural effusion on the left side. Medical thoracoscopy was performed that revealed a characteristic sago‐grain follicle over the parietal pleural. Histopathology and microbiological investigations on pleural biopsy samples confirmed tubercular pleural effusion.
ISSN:8755-6863
1099-0496
1099-0496
DOI:10.1002/ppul.27186