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Community Acquired Miliary Pneumonia Mimicking As Miliary Tuberculosis

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In India, miliary shadows are usually taken synonymous to miliary tuberculosis. Here we report a case of young male having cough, fever and dyspnoea along with miliary shadows on chest radiograph. He was misdiagnosed as a case of miliary tuberculosis and was found to have miliary pneumonia.

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In India, miliary shadows are usually taken synonymous to miliary tuberculosis. Here we report a case of young male having cough, fever and dyspnoea along with miliary shadows on chest radiograph. He was misdiagnosed as a case of miliary tuberculosis and was found to have miliary pneumonia.

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In India, miliary shadows are usually taken synonymous to miliary tuberculosis. Here we report a case of young male having cough, fever and dyspnoea along with miliary shadows on chest radiograph. He was misdiagnosed as a case of miliary tuberculosis and was found to have miliary pneumonia.

Key concepts: Miliary tuberculosis, Medicine, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, Intensive care medicine, Pathology, Internal medicine

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