Plombage (lucite spheres)

Case contributed by David Clemo Steel
Diagnosis certain
x-ray

Round lucencies in left hemithorax, overlying the left upper lung zone, are compatible with lucite sphere plombage. This is an older strategy to treat tuberculosis before more effective anti-TB medications were developed.

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