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Bronchocentric granulomatosis with extensive cystic lung disease in tuberculosis: An unusual presentation

Tuberculosis is known to cause both cystic lung disease and bronchocentric granulomatosis (BCG). However, both are rare manifestations of this common disease. We report a case of BCG with extensive cystic lung disease in a young female who presented with fever, weight loss, and recurrent pneumothora...

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Autores principales: Periwal, Pallavi, Khanna, Arjun, Gothi, Rajesh, Talwar, Deepak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27185999
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.180888
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description Tuberculosis is known to cause both cystic lung disease and bronchocentric granulomatosis (BCG). However, both are rare manifestations of this common disease. We report a case of BCG with extensive cystic lung disease in a young female who presented with fever, weight loss, and recurrent pneumothoraces with respiratory failure. Early diagnosis and treatment are imperative, as appropriate therapy may be life-saving in such cases.
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spelling pubmed-48575712016-05-16 Bronchocentric granulomatosis with extensive cystic lung disease in tuberculosis: An unusual presentation Periwal, Pallavi Khanna, Arjun Gothi, Rajesh Talwar, Deepak Lung India Case Report Tuberculosis is known to cause both cystic lung disease and bronchocentric granulomatosis (BCG). However, both are rare manifestations of this common disease. We report a case of BCG with extensive cystic lung disease in a young female who presented with fever, weight loss, and recurrent pneumothoraces with respiratory failure. Early diagnosis and treatment are imperative, as appropriate therapy may be life-saving in such cases. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4857571/ /pubmed/27185999 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.180888 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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title Bronchocentric granulomatosis with extensive cystic lung disease in tuberculosis: An unusual presentation
title_full Bronchocentric granulomatosis with extensive cystic lung disease in tuberculosis: An unusual presentation
title_fullStr Bronchocentric granulomatosis with extensive cystic lung disease in tuberculosis: An unusual presentation
title_full_unstemmed Bronchocentric granulomatosis with extensive cystic lung disease in tuberculosis: An unusual presentation
title_short Bronchocentric granulomatosis with extensive cystic lung disease in tuberculosis: An unusual presentation
title_sort bronchocentric granulomatosis with extensive cystic lung disease in tuberculosis: an unusual presentation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857571/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.180888
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