A case-report of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as multi-loculated mediastinal, pleural and paravertebral fluid collections with chest pain.

Abstract

We present a case report of an immunocompetent African young man who presented with persistent chest pain and fever, and was diagnosed with EPTB following chest CT scan, pleural biopsy histopathology examination and Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining, and pleural fluid gene Expert studies.