Affiliation:
1. College of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, 8th Medical Centre Chinese PLA General Hospital Beijing People's Republic of China
Abstract
Key messageTuberculous pleurisy is a main cause of pleural effusions. The main histological abnormalities in pleural biopsy of tuberculous pleurisy are caseating granulomas and epithelioid cell granuloma. In our case, chronic inflammation of fibrous tissue with bleeding, necrosis, and exudation were observed during a medical thoracoscopy as manifestations of tuberculous pleurisy.
Subject
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine