A case report of a 16‐year‐old male with extrapulmonary tuberculosis presenting as multiloculated mediastinal, pleural, and paravertebral fluid collections with chest pain, Eldoret, Kenya

Author:

Maleche Maureen Aleyo1ORCID,Sirera Betty1,Masika Kennedy Barasa1,Keitany Kibbet Kobor2,Oduor Chrispine1,Diero Lameck1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Medicine Moi University College of Health Sciences Eldoret Kenya

2. Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital Eldoret Kenya

Abstract

Key Clinical MessageExtrapulmonary TB presenting as multiloculated pleural fluid collections is rare in persons less than 18 years of age, but it can occur. High index of suspicion is important in establishing early diagnosis and treatment to reduce morbidity and mortality.AbstractWe present a case report of an immunocompetent African young man who presented with persistent chest pain and fever, and was diagnosed with extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) following chest CT scan, pleural biopsy histopathology examination, and Ziehl–Neelsen (ZN) staining, and pleural fluid Gene Xpert studies.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

General Medicine

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