Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42861113›Full record

ArticleCureus2026

Hydropneumothorax as a Diagnostic Clue to Pulmonary Tuberculosis With Pleural Involvement: A Case Report.

Sara Bravo, Sérgio Costa Monteiro, Raquel Vieira, Juliana Nogueira, Filipa Coroado Ferreira

Abstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sara BravoInternal Medicine, Unidade Local de Saúde da Região de Aveiro, Aveiro, PRT.
Sérgio Costa MonteiroInternal Medicine, Unidade Local de Saúde da Região de Aveiro, Aveiro, PRT.
Raquel VieiraInternal Medicine, Unidade Local de Saúde da Região de Aveiro, Aveiro, PRT.
Juliana NogueiraInternal Medicine, Unidade Local de Saúde da Região de Aveiro, Aveiro, PRT.
Filipa Coroado FerreiraInternal Medicine, Unidade Local de Saúde da Região de Aveiro, Aveiro, PRT.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydropneumothorax represents an unusual presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), posing diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. We report the case of a 36-year-old woman who presented with productive cough, dyspnea, right-sided pleuritic chest pain, and constitutional symptoms. Chest imaging revealed a large right-sided hydropneumothorax with extensive parenchymal and cavitary disease. Sputum smear microscopy was positive for acid-fast bacilli, and molecular testing of both sputum and pleural fluid detected

Indexed as

hydropneumothoraxpleural effusionpleural tuberculosispulmonary tuberculosistuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID42861113
PMCPMC13654142

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.