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Tuberculosis Mimicking Lung Cancer in Pandemic Period

1Department of Chest Diseases, Istanbul University,Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey


American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2022, Vol. 10 No. 5, 157-159
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-10-5-9
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Cite this paper:
Ahmet Serhan Dagistanli, Mustafa Erelel. Tuberculosis Mimicking Lung Cancer in Pandemic Period. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2022; 10(5):157-159. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-10-5-9.

Correspondence to: Ahmet  Serhan Dagistanli, Department of Chest Diseases, Istanbul University,Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. Email: serhandagistanli@hotmail.com

Abstract

It is known that tuberculosis (TB) can mimic many clinical conditions and differential diagnosis can be difficult. Pulmonary TB may present with infiltration in the lung parenchyma with or without mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Pulmonary tuberculosis cases with the appearance of a mass in the lung are available in the literature. It may be difficult to exclude lung malignancy and to prove the diagnosis of tuberculosis in these patients. In this case, a case who applied to our outpatient clinic for routine control and had a mass appearance on thorax computed tomography (CT) is discussed. We think that our case, which was thought to have lung cancer with imaging findings, is important in terms of drawing attention to non-Covid pathologies that may be overlooked during the pandemic period.

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