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Pleural Tuberculosis

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  1. See Also
    1. Tuberculosis
    2. Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
  2. Epidemiology
    1. Represents 5% of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
  3. Signs
    1. Unilateral, moderate Pleural Effusion
  4. Labs
    1. Thoracentesis for Pleural Fluid
      1. Pleural Fluid exudative
      2. Lymphocyte predominance
      3. Pleural Fluid PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    2. Pleural lesion (e.g. granuloma) biopsies
  5. Management
    1. See Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
  6. References
    1. Light (1998) Arch Intern Med 158:1967

Pleural Tuberculosis (C0041326)

Definition (MSH)Tuberculosis of the serous membrane lining the thoracic cavity and surrounding the lungs.
ConceptsDisease or Syndrome (T047)
ICD9012.0, 012.0, 012.00
MSHD014396
EnglishPearly disease, Pleural Tuberculoses, Pleural Tuberculosis, TB PLEURISY-UNSPEC, Tuberculosis of pleura, Tuberculous Pleurisies, Tuberculous Pleurisy, Tuberculous pleuritis
Spanishenfermedad nacarada, pleuresia tuberculosa, pleuritis tuberculosa, tuberculosis de la pleura, tuberculosis de pleura, tuberculosis perlada
Parent ConceptsPleural Tuberculosis (C0041326), Other respiratory tuberculosis (C0152620), Pleural Diseases (C0032226), Respiratory Tract Infections (C0035243), Tuberculosis (C0041296), Pleurisy (C0032231), Non-Neoplastic Pleural Disorder (C1335034), Bacterial pleurisy (C0275548), Granulomatous disorder (C0740451), Ambiguous concept (C1274012), Duplicate concept (C1274013), Disorder of pleura and pleural cavity (C1536731)
SourcesICD9CM, MSH, MTH, MTHICD9, NCI, NDFRT, QMR, RAM, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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