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| Year : 2007 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 173-175 |
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Recurrent pneumothorax developing during chemotherapy in a patient with miliary tuberculosis
Prem Parkash Gupta1, Dinesh Mehta1, Dipti Agarwal2, Trilok Chand1
1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, India
2 Department of Physiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, India
Correspondence Address:
Prem Parkash Gupta
Department of Respiratory Medicine, 9J/17, Medical Enclave, PGIMS, Rohtak - 124 001
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.36555
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Despite the fact that miliary tuberculosis is frequently seen, associated pneumothorax developing during antitubercular chemotherapy for miliary tuberculosis is rare. Pneumothorax is potentially life threatening in association with miliary tuberculosis; and its symptoms may be masked by those of miliary tuberculosis, leading to avoidable delay in the diagnosis of pneumothorax. Here we describe a 24-year-old female patient developing recurrent pneumothorax while on antitubercular chemotherapy for miliary tuberculosis. |
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