Endobronchial tuberculosis mimicking malignancy

Endobronchial tuberculosis has a very varied presentation. Diagnosis is often very challenging as typical radiological features are absent and sputum smear for acid-fast bacilli is often negative. However, detection is essential as it may lead to long-term sequelae such as bronchial stenosis. Bronch...

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Autores principales: Patel, Shahid M, Iyer, Aparna, Jayalakshmi, TK, Nair, Girija
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4587012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26628772
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.164169
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author Patel, Shahid M
Iyer, Aparna
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description Endobronchial tuberculosis has a very varied presentation. Diagnosis is often very challenging as typical radiological features are absent and sputum smear for acid-fast bacilli is often negative. However, detection is essential as it may lead to long-term sequelae such as bronchial stenosis. Bronchoscopy is a very useful investigation in such cases. Our case is a rare manifestation of endobronchial tuberculosis as it mimicked malignancy.
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spelling pubmed-45870122015-12-01 Endobronchial tuberculosis mimicking malignancy Patel, Shahid M Iyer, Aparna Jayalakshmi, TK Nair, Girija Lung India Case Report Endobronchial tuberculosis has a very varied presentation. Diagnosis is often very challenging as typical radiological features are absent and sputum smear for acid-fast bacilli is often negative. However, detection is essential as it may lead to long-term sequelae such as bronchial stenosis. Bronchoscopy is a very useful investigation in such cases. Our case is a rare manifestation of endobronchial tuberculosis as it mimicked malignancy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4587012/ /pubmed/26628772 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.164169 Text en Copyright: © Lung India 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4587012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26628772
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