TB Research

A case of pulmonary tuberculosis masquerading as lung carcinoma

Tan KT, Kannan SK, Rajahram GS

The Medical journal of Malaysia · 2019-12

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

  • Lung
  • Sputum
  • Humans
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Biopsy
  • Aged
  • Male