A Case of Multifocal Tuberculosis Mimicking Metastatic Malignancy.
10.4046/trd.2007.63.2.173
- Author:
In Jeong CHO
1
;
So Yeon IM
;
Eun Mi CHUN
;
Yon Ju RYU
;
Jin Hwa LEE
;
Yun Su SIM
;
Jung Hyun JANG
;
Sung Shin SHIM
;
Jung Ho BAE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Dongdaemun Hospital, Ewha Womans University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. cem@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tuberculosis;
Neoplasm metastasis;
Positron-Emission Tomography(PET)
- MeSH:
Diagnostic Errors;
Humans;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Public Health;
Tuberculosis*;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2007;63(2):173-177
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Tuberculosis remains as a major public health problem worldwide. In addition to classic pulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculosis may sometimes present atypically. In the case of atypical tuberculosis, the unusual sites and properties that mimic other diseases can lead to a misdiagnosis and therapeutic delay. Abdominal and pharyngeal tuberculosis are uncommon extrapulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis. To the best of our knowledge, a combination of abdominal and pharyngeal tuberculosis with endobronchial tuberculosis has not been reported. We report a case of concurrent abdominal and pharyngeal tuberculosis in a patient with chronic endobronchial tuberculosis mimicking a metastatic malignancy on computed tomography and FDG-PET.
