A case of cervical lymph node tuberculosis and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma in the same lymph node.
Cervical lymph node
Coexistence
Computed tomography, CT
Lung cancer
Mycobacterium growth indicator tube, MGIT
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. tuberculosis
Squamous cell carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma, SCC
Tuberculosis
fluorodeoxyglucose, FDG
lymph node, LN
positron emission tomography, PET
Journal
Respiratory medicine case reports
ISSN: 2213-0071
Titre abrégé: Respir Med Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101604463
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
13
03
2021
revised:
03
07
2021
accepted:
23
07
2021
entrez:
12
8
2021
pubmed:
13
8
2021
medline:
13
8
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
We report a rare coexistence of tuberculosis and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the same lymph node (LN). A 74-year-old woman with a swollen right cervix underwent computed tomography, which showed a nodule in the right lung and swollen LNs of the mediastinum and right supraclavicular fossa. She was diagnosed with LN tuberculosis; the puncture cytology of the clavicular LN was class IV. Anti-tuberculosis treatment was initiated. Her neck was compressed due to LN enlargement, and dyspnea appeared. A biopsy was performed to diagnose the SCC. We propose that malignancy should be considered if the patient has a narrowed airway due to an enlarged LN or if the response to tuberculosis treatment is poor.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34381681
doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101485
pii: S2213-0071(21)00147-7
pmc: PMC8334716
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
101485Informations de copyright
© 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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