Sago-like appearance of pleura in Tuberculosis

Ashesh Dhungana; Prajowl Shrestha

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2949

Sago-like appearance of pleura in Tuberculosis

Clin Case Rep. 2020 May 22;8(9):1837-1838. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2949. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Authors

Ashesh Dhungana¹, Prajowl Shrestha¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine National Academy of Medical Sciences Bir Hospital Kathmandu Nepal.

Abstract

Medical thoracoscopy is an excellent tool for evaluation of exudative pleural effusion, and sago-like appearance of parietal pleura is highly specific for tuberculosis.

Keywords: medical thoracoscopy; pleural effusion; sago‐like nodules; tuberculosis.