A case of pulmonary tuberculosis masquerading as lung carcinoma
Tan, K.T.; Kannan, S.K.; Rajahram, G.S.
Medical Journal of Malaysia 74(6): 547-548
2019
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-5283 PMID: 31929486 Document Number: 698882
Tuberculosis is a nimble chameleon. It can manifest itself in various ways with atypical clinical and radiographic findings. In this report we discuss the importance of radiographic findings (nodular or mass-like forms) requiring a correlation with microbiological and histopathological results to differentiate lung cancer from TB.
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