A case of purulent pleurisy

Abstract

Patient B., 33 years old, was admitted to the clinic in Saratovsk. Tubinstitute 15 | IX 1936. Brief history and physical examination indicate right-sided exudative pleurisy. An outpatient X-ray study confirms this and notes specific changes in the free lung on the right (from above to the diaphragm, diffuse intense darkening. On the left, an enhanced pulmonary pattern and in the subclavian space, several non-intensive foci. The heart and blood vessels are very significantly pushed to the left). The patient's condition requires inpatient treatment. The diagnosis of tuberculosis is not in doubt, it is supported by the patient's statement about the frequent presence of VC in her sputum.

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