pleural tuberculosis

Term ID

DOID:106

Synonyms

• Pearly disease
• Tuberculosis of pleura
• Tuberculous pleurisy
• tuberculous pleurisy in primary progressive tuberculosis
• Tuberculous pleuritis

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Definition

An extrapulmonary tuberculosis that results_in lymphocyte-predominant exudative pleural effusion, located_in pleura. This results from an allergic response to tuberculoprotein causing the permeabiltity of the pleural vasculature to alter leading to a sub-pleural caseous focus rupture into the pleural sac. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17426219

References

• ICD10CM:A15.6
• ICD9CM:010.1
• ICD9CM:012.0
• MESH:D014396
• NCI:C26898
• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:186172004
• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:68706009
• UMLS_CUI:C0041326
• UMLS_CUI:C0152531

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Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:106 )