A 10 year old girl, retarded development in terms of height and weight, her parents c/o that she is tired, weak, pain in ABDOMEN, on exam, she is small, weak, crepts scattered all over CHEST, abdominal palpitation, small lumpy feeling in RIF and around. ESR 60,HB 8GM, X-RAY CHEST AND USG POSTED, I STARTED ATT 4 DRUGS , FOR TWO AND HALF ,SHE IS FEELING GOOD, APPETITE INCREASED, WT GAINED LITTLE, X-RAY CHEST AFTER 70 DAYS IS ALSO POSTED ,KINDLY COMPARE AND DECIDE WHETHER SHE HAS TB OR NOT.
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