Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion in a 16 Year Old Immunocompetent Girl − A Rare Etiology: Case Report
This report presents a case study of a 16-year-old female patient with history of asthma who presented with left-sided consolidation and associated exudative lymphocytic pleural effusion that failed to respond to standard antibiotics and hence required decortication. Subsequent diagnostic evaluation...
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| author | T.H. Deepak Ananthu Joseph S Santhakumar J Venugopal |
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| description | This report presents a case study of a 16-year-old female patient with history of asthma who presented with left-sided consolidation and associated exudative lymphocytic pleural effusion that failed to respond to standard antibiotics and hence required decortication. Subsequent diagnostic evaluations revealed a diagnosis of Allergic Broncho Pulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA), a condition that rarely involves pleural complications. Our case study serves to illustrate one such an instance of pleural involvement in ABPA. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e47d17d1e4024f158dbc1ea719aed7bc2024-11-10T11:07:03ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsThe Journal of Association of Chest Physicians2320-90892024-07-0112312813210.4103/jacp.jacp_16_24Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion in a 16 Year Old Immunocompetent Girl − A Rare Etiology: Case ReportT.H. DeepakAnanthu JosephS SanthakumarJ VenugopalThis report presents a case study of a 16-year-old female patient with history of asthma who presented with left-sided consolidation and associated exudative lymphocytic pleural effusion that failed to respond to standard antibiotics and hence required decortication. Subsequent diagnostic evaluations revealed a diagnosis of Allergic Broncho Pulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA), a condition that rarely involves pleural complications. Our case study serves to illustrate one such an instance of pleural involvement in ABPA.https://journals.lww.com/ascp/fulltext/2024/12030/lymphocytic_pleural_effusion_in_a_16_year_old.7.aspx |
| spellingShingle | T.H. Deepak Ananthu Joseph S Santhakumar J Venugopal Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion in a 16 Year Old Immunocompetent Girl − A Rare Etiology: Case Report The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians |
| title | Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion in a 16 Year Old Immunocompetent Girl − A Rare Etiology: Case Report |
| title_full | Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion in a 16 Year Old Immunocompetent Girl − A Rare Etiology: Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion in a 16 Year Old Immunocompetent Girl − A Rare Etiology: Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion in a 16 Year Old Immunocompetent Girl − A Rare Etiology: Case Report |
| title_short | Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion in a 16 Year Old Immunocompetent Girl − A Rare Etiology: Case Report |
| title_sort | lymphocytic pleural effusion in a 16 year old immunocompetent girl a rare etiology case report |
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