Haunted cave appearance during bronchoscopy: A new sign in post-tuberculosis destroyed lung.

ABSTRACT: A middle-aged, non-smoker male presented with exertional breathlessness and occasional productive cough for last two years. He had successfully completed anti-tuberculosis treatment twice in the past for microbiologically confirmed drug-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Upon consultation at our centre, the patient was sputum negative and imaging was suggestive of destroyed lung on the right side. Spirometry revealed airflow obstruction, and a diagnosis of post-tuberculosis obstructive lung disease was rendered. As part of an Institutional Ethics Committee-approved post-doctoral thesis protocol, this patient underwent a bronchoscopic airway evaluation wherein an unusual bronchoscopic appearance of post-tuberculosis destroyed lung was noted. We named this as the 'haunted cave sign' and

SUBMITTER: Mishra M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10102397 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature