Abstract:
A 16 year old male adolescent of African ethnicity presented
to a health care facility with a long standing history
of chronic coughing. The treating medical practitioner
requested a chest X-ray which revealed a large left sided
pleural effusion. The patient was subsequently transferred
to a referral hospital (one Military Hospital) in Pretoria,
South Africa. Shortly after the patient arrived in the
casualty department, he was in severe respiratory distress
and active resuscitation had to be initiated. Despite full
resuscitation efforts, the patient demised.
