Volume 3 ; Issue 1 ; in Month : Jan-June (2019) Article No : 119
Engin MMN, Kalay N, Kilicaslan O, et al.

Abstract

Tuberculosis disease is generated by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacillus.For many years, it has been threatening human health. In children, tuberculosis usually occurs in the form of hilar lymphadenopathy and parenchymal changes in the lung. Accompanying cavitary lesions are rare.A child patient who was diagnosed initially as lobar pneumonia but no improvement with antibiotic had the final diagnosis of primary cavitary tuberculosis.In this article, we presented the differential diagnosis and treatment of cavitary tuberculosis in a pediatric patient.

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