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Pulmonary tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of lung cancer
Patients with lung cancer are often misdiagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis leading to delay in the correct diagnosis as well as exposure to inappropriate medication. Several factors are responsible for this situation in developing countries, including lack of awareness, inadequate infrastructure and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3876596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24455507 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2278-330X.96507 |
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author | Bhatt, MLB Kant, Surya Bhaskar, Ravi |
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description | Patients with lung cancer are often misdiagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis leading to delay in the correct diagnosis as well as exposure to inappropriate medication. Several factors are responsible for this situation in developing countries, including lack of awareness, inadequate infrastructure and socio-economic factors. This article outlines the differences between the two diseases as well as features that would make a clinician suspect the right diagnosis early. |
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spelling | pubmed-38765962014-01-16 Pulmonary tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of lung cancer Bhatt, MLB Kant, Surya Bhaskar, Ravi South Asian J Cancer Diagnostic Dilemma Patients with lung cancer are often misdiagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis leading to delay in the correct diagnosis as well as exposure to inappropriate medication. Several factors are responsible for this situation in developing countries, including lack of awareness, inadequate infrastructure and socio-economic factors. This article outlines the differences between the two diseases as well as features that would make a clinician suspect the right diagnosis early. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3876596/ /pubmed/24455507 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2278-330X.96507 Text en Copyright: © South Asian Journal of Cancer http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Diagnostic Dilemma Bhatt, MLB Kant, Surya Bhaskar, Ravi Pulmonary tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of lung cancer |
title | Pulmonary tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of lung cancer |
title_full | Pulmonary tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of lung cancer |
title_fullStr | Pulmonary tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of lung cancer |
title_full_unstemmed | Pulmonary tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of lung cancer |
title_short | Pulmonary tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of lung cancer |
title_sort | pulmonary tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of lung cancer |
topic | Diagnostic Dilemma |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3876596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24455507 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2278-330X.96507 |
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