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  • Title: Tuberculous pleural effusion.
    Author: Sarker ZM, Mahmud AK, Chowdhury AJ, Hasnat MA, Alam MR, Paul HK, Bhuiyan MR.
    Journal: Mymensingh Med J; 2011 Jan; 20(1):66-70. PubMed ID: 21240165.
    Abstract:
    Despite prevention programs, tuberculosis is still endemic in developing countries. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is increasing globally in the face of recent emergence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. Pleural tuberculosis is a common problem in daily clinical practice. We assessed 26 cases of tuberculous pleural effusion admitted in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University from 2002 to 2007. The diagnosis was based upon clinical examination, tuberculin reaction, imaging, pleural fluid analysis and response to antitubercular chemotherapy a surrogate clinical determinant. Apparently promising newer biochemical pleural fluid measurements were not utilized due to a number of limitations. The presenting symptoms found in this prospective analysis are fever (100%), nonproductive cough (73%), pleuritic chest pain (38%), loss of weight (38%) and shortness of breath (38%). A high index of suspicion after confident exclusion of malignancy and pneumonia is a clue to diagnosis. Out of 80 cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis admitted during the study period, tuberculous pleural effusion constitutes 32.50%.
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