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ArticleClinical case reports2026

Crafty Tuberculous Pleurisy Presented With Hydropneumothorax in a 49-Year-Old Male: A Case Report.

Marah Mansour, Tala Dakkak, Bassam Alwaraa, Rama Aboudan, Mohamad Salah Mahhouk, Mohammad Yousuf Hasan

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Marah MansourFaculty of Medicine Tartous University Tartous Syrian Arab Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6129-5733
Tala DakkakFaculty of Medicine Hama University Hama Syrian Arab Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4632-496X
Bassam AlwaraaDepartment of General Surgery Tishreen University Hospital Lattakia Syrian Arab Republic.
Rama AboudanFaculty of Medicine University of Aleppo Aleppo Syrian Arab Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-7071
Mohamad Salah MahhoukFaculty of Medicine University of Aleppo Aleppo Syrian Arab Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7755-2474
Mohammad Yousuf HasanFaculty of Medicine Hama University Hama Syrian Arab Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6337-5162

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Abstract

A 49-year-old male presented with acute dyspnea and hydropneumothorax. Imaging and biopsy confirmed pleural tuberculosis. Despite atypical features and no risk factors, anti-tuberculosis therapy led to rapid improvement. This case highlights the diagnostic challenge of distinguishing tuberculosis-related hydropneumothorax from necrotizing bacterial pneumonia and empyema in the presence of complex radiological findings.

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case reporthydropneumothoraxpleuratuberculosis

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PMCPMC13179140

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