Tracheal mediastinum and heart shift to the healthy side

Tracheal mediastinum and displacement of the heart to the healthy side are the clinical diagnostic symptoms of tuberculous pleurisy. Tuberculous pleurisy is an exudative inflammation caused by tuberculosis bacteria that invade the pleura directly from the primary lesion near the pleura, or spread to the pleura through lymphatic blood.

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