A case-report of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as
multi-loculated mediastinal, pleural and paravertebral fluid collections
with chest pain.
Abstract
We present a case report of an immunocompetent African young man who
presented with persistent chest pain and fever, and was diagnosed with
EPTB following chest CT scan, pleural biopsy histopathology examination
and Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining, and pleural fluid gene Expert studies.