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Tuberculosis of the rare azygos lobe of the right lung
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the etiological agent of tuberculosis in humans. Tuberculosis is not only a highly contagious infectious disease, but also one of the top causes of death globally, especially in developing countries. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, and tuberculosis of the azyg...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8348907/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34401270 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101424 |
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author | Abo-Zed, Abdelrhman Yassin, Mohamed Phan, Tung |
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description | Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the etiological agent of tuberculosis in humans. Tuberculosis is not only a highly contagious infectious disease, but also one of the top causes of death globally, especially in developing countries. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, and tuberculosis of the azygos lobe of the lung is extremely rare. This case report presents such a unique finding. |
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spelling | pubmed-83489072021-08-15 Tuberculosis of the rare azygos lobe of the right lung Abo-Zed, Abdelrhman Yassin, Mohamed Phan, Tung Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the etiological agent of tuberculosis in humans. Tuberculosis is not only a highly contagious infectious disease, but also one of the top causes of death globally, especially in developing countries. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, and tuberculosis of the azygos lobe of the lung is extremely rare. This case report presents such a unique finding. Elsevier 2021-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8348907/ /pubmed/34401270 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101424 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Abo-Zed, Abdelrhman Yassin, Mohamed Phan, Tung Tuberculosis of the rare azygos lobe of the right lung |
title | Tuberculosis of the rare azygos lobe of the right lung |
title_full | Tuberculosis of the rare azygos lobe of the right lung |
title_fullStr | Tuberculosis of the rare azygos lobe of the right lung |
title_full_unstemmed | Tuberculosis of the rare azygos lobe of the right lung |
title_short | Tuberculosis of the rare azygos lobe of the right lung |
title_sort | tuberculosis of the rare azygos lobe of the right lung |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8348907/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34401270 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101424 |
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