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. 2025 May 5;42(3):264-265.
doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2024.2024-10-56. Epub 2025 Jan 15.

Bronchocutaneous Fistula Secondary to Tuberculosis

Jivtesh Singh  1 , Shruti Vadali  2 , Prashant Badole  1 , Sanwal Singh Mehta  3
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Bronchocutaneous Fistula Secondary to Tuberculosis

Jivtesh Singh et al. Balkan Med J. .
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Figure 1
(a) The blue arrow in the first two frames shows an expansile area during inspiration. The yellow arrow shows the collapse of the same region during expiration. (b) Chest X-ray: the red arrow shows a cavitary lesion in the right upper lobe of the lung. (c) A chest CT revealed an apical cavitary lesion (orange arrows) and a communicating lesion in the subcutaneous plane (blue arrow). CT, computed tomography.
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