2014•International Medical Journal of Sifa UniversityRequires access

A rare cause of pleurisy in pregnancy: Tuberculosis

Ayşegül Baysak, Gülfem Ece, JülideÇeldir Emre, AdnanTolga Oz, Erkan Melih Şahi̇n

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Tuberculosis is a granulomatous infectious disease of lungs due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is a chronic disease and tuberculosis pleurisy takes place with acute disease symptoms. We aimed to present a rare case of young pregnant woman with pleural effusion due to tuberculosis in light of literature.

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Key concepts: Tuberculosis, Medicine, Pleurisy, Pleural effusion, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Disease, Pregnancy, Rare disease