PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Y Okada AU - Y Ichinose AU - K Yamaguchi AU - M Kanazawa AU - F Yamasawa AU - T Kawashiro TI - Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare pleuritis with massive pleural effusion AID - 10.1183/09031936.95.08081428 DP - 1995 Aug 01 TA - European Respiratory Journal PG - 1428--1429 VI - 8 IP - 8 4099 - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/8/8/1428.short 4100 - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/8/8/1428.full SO - Eur Respir J1995 Aug 01; 8 AB - Atypical mycobacterial infection is seldom accompanied by pleural involvement. We report a very rare case of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare pleuritis with massive pleural effusion. The patient was a non-immunocompromised 35-year-old Japanese male with insidious onset of fever, chest pain and anorexia. The pleural effusion gradually resolved with empirical antimycobacterial treatment, leaving considerable pleural adhesion and thickening.