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– Mantoux: Negative
– NBT stain: Positive i.e. not CGD
– ANA: Negative
– ANCA: Negative
– Serum ACE: normal
– Upper GI and follow through: unremarkable
ANSWER
At this stage, he had the following tests:– Mantoux: Negative
– NBT stain: Positive i.e. not CGD
– ANA: Negative
– ANCA: Negative
– Serum ACE: normal
– Upper GI and follow through: unremarkable
He went on to have a bronchoscopy/BAL, thorascopic lung biopsy and endoscopy (upper and lower) under general anaethesia.
Findings
are as follows:
–
Bronchoscopy:
unremarkable
–
BAL:
suggestive granulomatous inflammation
–
Lung
Biopsy
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