Respiratory Medicine CME
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 222-224, 2008

Pulmonary tuberculosis with raised diaphragm

  • Saurabh Kumar Singh

      Affiliations

    • JN Medical College, Department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
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  • Zuber Ahmad

      Affiliations

    • JN Medical College, Department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
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  • Rakesh Bhargava

      Affiliations

    • JN Medical College, Department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
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  • Deepak K. Pandey

      Affiliations

    • JN Medical College, Department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
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  • Vibhanshu Gupta

      Affiliations

    • JN Medical College, Department of Medicine, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
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  • Pankaj Kumar Garg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Lok Nayak Hospital New Delhi, India

Received 13 June 2008; accepted 15 June 2008.

Summary 

For the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis positivity of the sputum for acid fast bacilli is considered confirmatory. In such cases sometimes the other associated clinical condition may go undiagnosed. We are reporting case report in which the sputum for AFB positive male presented with the raised hemidiaphragm.

Keywords: Tuberculosis, Acid fast bacilli, Hemidiaphragm

 

PII: S1755-0017(08)00049-3

doi:10.1016/j.rmedc.2008.06.002

Respiratory Medicine CME
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 222-224, 2008

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