Tuberculous pleurisy after tumour necrosis factor-a antagonist usage: Case report
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Date
2008
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Publisher
Turkish Assoc Tuberculosis & Thorax
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Abstract
A thirty-six year old male patient presented with dyspnea, right-sided chest pain, night sweats and intermittent fever. He has a history of ankylosing spondylitis treated with tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) antagonist (infliximab). Computed tomography of the chest showed mediastinal lymphadenopathy, right-sided pleural effusion, and atelectasis. The pleural fluid was exudative with lymphocyte dominance. Closed pleural biopsy was nondiagnostic. The adenosine deaminase level of the pleural fluid was 110 U/L. In light of these findings, the patient was diagnosed as tuberculous pleurisy and antituberculous treatment was given. After one month, pleural fluid was markedly reduced.
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Keywords
Tumour necrosis factor, TNF antagonist, infliximab, tuberculosis
Journal or Series
Tuberkuloz Ve Torak-Tuberculosis and Thorax
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N/A
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Volume
56
Issue
4
