TY - JOUR AU - González, Ricardo Adolfo Zapata AU - Parra, Carolina Salinas AU - Rincón, Ricardo Andrés Torres PY - 2017 TI - Secondary physiological pneumonectomy to bronchial tuberculosis JF - Annals of Research Hospitals; Vol 1 (April 2017): Annals of Research Hospital Y2 - 2017 KW - N2 - Tracheobronchial tuberculosis is a rare presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis, which can affect between 10–40% of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis, however the low positivity of the samples in isolation of acid-fast bacilli joined with indistinguishable clinical and radiological findings of lung involvement makes the diagnosis of bronchial tuberculosis to be wrong or late. A case of tracheobronchial tuberculosis with secondary complete lung collapses to bronchial stenosis with rapid onset, which according to the literature review is an unusual severe sequel. UR - https://arh.amegroups.org/article/view/3662