Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion in a 16 Year Old Immunocompetent Girl − A Rare Etiology: Case Report

Abstract

This report presents a case study of a 16-year-old female patient with history of asthma who presented with left-sided consolidation and associated exudative lymphocytic pleural effusion that failed to respond to standard antibiotics and hence required decortication. Subsequent diagnostic evaluations revealed a diagnosis of Allergic Broncho Pulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA), a condition that rarely involves pleural complications. Our case study serves to illustrate one such an instance of pleural involvement in ABPA.