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Tuberculous pleural effusion
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Fluid accumulation in the lung as a result of a severe, usually prolonged infection with tuberculosis. As the number of patients with HIV and AIDS increases, this condition is occuring more often. See tuberculosis and see pleural effusion.
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Review Date: 5/22/2002
Reviewed By: Sarah Pressman Lovinger, M.D., General Internist who trained at Northwestern University and is currently doing freelance medical editing. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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