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Case Report

A case of tuberculous pleurisy with paradoxical response to antituberculous therapy that was suspected from transbronchial lung biopsy

Mitsuaki Sekiyaa  Masako Ichikawaa  Keiko Murakia  Yohei Suzukia  Toshimasa Uekusab  Kazuhisa Takahashia 

aDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University, School of Medicine
bDepartment of Pathology, Kanto Rosai Hospital

ABSTRACT

A 21-year-old male showing right pleural effusion underwent thoracentesis in April 2011. He was diagnosed as having tuberculous pleurisy after a positive QFT-TB test, in addition to the characteristics of the exudate fluid demonstrating an increase in both lymphocytes and adenosine deaminase (ADA). He commenced antituberculous therapy (HREZ) in June 2011, after which he developed right anterior chest pain. Thoracic CT demonstrated the consolidation in the right middle lobe. We performed a bronchofiberscopy for diagnosis of the intrapulmonary lesion. Although we obtained epithelioid cell granuloma by transbronchial lung biopsy, both culture using lung tissue and PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis using bronchial washing were negative. We diagnosed as the paradoxical response and continued with therapy. After continuation of the treatment for three months, intrapulmonary lesion and pleural effusion were both improved.

KEYWORDS

Tuberculous pleurisy  Paradoxical response  Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) 

Received 18 Jun 2013 / Accepted 25 Sep 2013

AJRS, 3(1): 116-120, 2014

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