Pseudotumoural pulmonary tuberculosis: a case series.
Efavirenz
Human immunodeficiency virus
Lung carcinoma
Pseudotumoural
Pulmonary mass
Tuberculosis
Journal
IJID regions
ISSN: 2772-7076
Titre abrégé: IJID Reg
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9918418183106676
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2022
Mar 2022
Historique:
received:
05
10
2021
revised:
26
12
2021
accepted:
14
01
2022
entrez:
27
6
2022
pubmed:
28
6
2022
medline:
28
6
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
This report describes three cases of tumour-like pulmonary tuberculosis: two patients had stage C3 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (with uncontrolled HIV-1 in one case) and one patient was immunocompetent. All patients initially presented with general and respiratory symptoms, with radiological findings simulating lung carcinoma. Tuberculosis was diagnosed from microbiological testing and/or histological examination results. A disseminated form was described in one case. All patients were treated successfully with antimycobacterial therapy, with control of HIV infection in both cases.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35757072
doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.01.009
pii: S2772-7076(22)00012-1
pmc: PMC9216445
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
158-161Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
None declared.
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