A CASE OF RAPIDLY EXPANDING TUBERCULOUS LUNG CAVITY AFTER BRONCHOSCOPY

Authors
TSANG KWT JONES B MUNGALL IPF
Citation
Kwt. Tsang et al., A CASE OF RAPIDLY EXPANDING TUBERCULOUS LUNG CAVITY AFTER BRONCHOSCOPY, Respiratory medicine, 91(6), 1997, pp. 377-379
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System
Journal title
Respiratory medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09546111
Volume
91
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
377 - 379
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-6111(1997)91:6<377:ACORET>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A non-smoking Asian woman with previously treated pulmonary tuberculos is presented with a recent onset unproductive cough and cavitating mas s lesion on her chest X-ray which rapidly developed into a large tuber culous cavity after bronchoscopy. Acid-fast bacilli were isolated from the cavity and she responded very rapidly to standard anti-tuberculou s chemotherapy. This unusual condition must be considered in patients who deteriorate after bronchoscopy.