Dhandapani Srinath, Dheenadayalu Nageswari A, Shanmugam Srigayathri, Amitkumar Kalaivani, Reddy Harshavardhan K
Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine, SRM Medical College Hospital, India.
Dept. of Pathology, SRM Medical College Hospital, India.
Respir Med Case Rep. 2015 Jun 12;16:35-7. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.06.005. eCollection 2015.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis can co-exist with lung malignancy masking the underlying disorder leading to delay in diagnosis and management. Here we present an interesting case of a 60 year old man who on initial presentation was diagnosed with tuberculosis but on nonresponse to therapy and investigation was found to have an underlying lung malignancy.
肺结核可与肺部恶性肿瘤并存,掩盖潜在疾病,导致诊断和治疗延迟。在此,我们报告一例有趣的病例,一名60岁男性,初诊时被诊断为肺结核,但在治疗无反应且进一步检查后发现患有潜在的肺部恶性肿瘤。