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Primary pulmonary tuberculosis in children remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in developing countries. Thirteen children requiring urgent thoracotomy for relief of acute respiratory distress resulting from critical major airway narrowing caused by enlarged tuberculous mediastinal lymph nodes were admitted to two hospitals over a 4-year period. Ages ranged from 2 months to 10 years...