Tuberculosis Mimicking Lung Cancer in Pandemic Period

Ahmet Serhan Dagistanli^1, and Mustafa Erelel¹

¹Department of Chest Diseases, Istanbul University,Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

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Ahmet Serhan Dagistanli and Mustafa Erelel. Tuberculosis Mimicking Lung Cancer in Pandemic Period. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2022; 10(5):157-159. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-10-5-9

Abstract

It is known that tuberculosis (TB) can mimic many clinical conditions and differential diagnosis can be difficult. Pulmonary TB may present with infiltration in the lung parenchyma with or without mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Pulmonary tuberculosis cases with the appearance of a mass in the lung are available in the literature. It may be difficult to exclude lung malignancy and to prove the diagnosis of tuberculosis in these patients. In this case, a case who applied to our outpatient clinic for routine control and had a mass appearance on thorax computed tomography (CT) is discussed. We think that our case, which was thought to have lung cancer with imaging findings, is important in terms of drawing attention to non-Covid pathologies that may be overlooked during the pandemic period.

Keywords

Covid-19, lung cancer, tuberculosis

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