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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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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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author | Periwal, Pallavi Khanna, Arjun Gothi, Rajesh Talwar, Deepak |
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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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Periwal, Pallavi Khanna, Arjun Gothi, Rajesh Talwar, Deepak Bronchocentric granulomatosis with extensive cystic lung disease in tuberculosis: An unusual presentation |
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/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27185999 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.180888 |
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