Black lungs and tuberculosis
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A never-smoking 82-year-old woman with a past medical history of type-2 diabetes presented to the outpatient clinic with a 3– 4 months history of purulent bronchitis, haemoptysis, weight loss and fevers. She had lived in a small village in India and Pakistan all her life and had been visiting the UK intermittently until setting up permanent residency a few months ago. She denied any history of tuberculosis or any previous recent contacts. Clinically, she had no lymphadenopathy and had bilateral crackles in the upper zones on auscultation. Her oxygen saturations were 98% on air.
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