Bilateral pneumothorax complicating miliary tuberculosis in children: case report and review of the literature

An 11-year-old boy presented with a 4-week history of fever and 2 weeks later developed a cough with breathlessness. His chest X-ray showed bilateral miliary shadows with pneumothorax on the left side. While on antituberculous therapy which was started on admission, he developed right-sided pneumoth...

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Published in:Annals of tropical paediatrics 2003-06, Vol.23 (2), p.149-152
Main Authors: Wammanda, R. D., Ameh, E. A., Ali, F. U.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Fatal Outcome
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Pneumology
Pneumothorax - complications
Pneumothorax - diagnostic imaging
Pneumothorax - surgery
Radiography
Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases
Thoracotomy - methods
Tropical medicine
Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections
Tuberculosis, Miliary - complications
Tuberculosis, Miliary - diagnostic imaging
Tuberculosis, Miliary - drug therapy
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Summary:An 11-year-old boy presented with a 4-week history of fever and 2 weeks later developed a cough with breathlessness. His chest X-ray showed bilateral miliary shadows with pneumothorax on the left side. While on antituberculous therapy which was started on admission, he developed right-sided pneumothorax with significant collapse of the left lung. He was managed by tube thoracotomy with underwater seal but died 4 hours after the procedure was completed.
ISSN:0272-4936
1465-3281
DOI:10.1179/027249303235002233