Nazim Hussain Bokhari, Talha Mehmood.
Endobronchial Tuberculosis mimicking Pulmonary Embolism.
Pak J Chest Med Jan ;12(2):10-5.

A 35 years old lady had multiple hospital admissions on account of persistent fever, shortness of breath. dry cough and weight loss of two months duration. Initially she was admitted in a general hospital because of fever with chills and progressive shortness of breath. On account of non responsive dyspnoea and persistent wheeze she was referred to the Cardiac Institute on suspicion of pulmonary embolism. In the cardiology unit pulmonary embolism was ruled out. Because of persistent hypoxia she was suspected to have developed respiratory distress syndrome and was referred to our unit. In the Pulmonology department pulmonary embolism and diffuse parenchymal lung disease were excluded. Persistent fever and wheeze lead to the search for isolation of AFB. As sputum smear came to be positive for acid fast bacilli she was diagnosed to have endobronchial tuberculosis. She responded well to antituberculous chemotherapy along with inhaled bronchodilators and steroids.

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