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Mycobacterium intracellulare pulmonary infection which co-existed and mimicked lung cancer.
- Source :
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Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) [Intern Med] 2008; Vol. 47 (5), pp. 459-62. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Mar 03. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- We report a case of Mycobacterium intracellulare (M. intracellulare) pulmonary infection with co-existing lung cancer and presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule requiring differentiation from lung cancer. Computed tomography showed two nodules (20 mm) with spicula formation and pleural indentation on the right lower lobe of the lung (right S6 and S8). Transbronchial biopsies from the right S6 and S8 nodules revealed mycobacteriosis and adenocarcinoma, respectively. Thereafter, a right lower lobectomy was performed. Cases of pulmonary M. intracellulare disease with solitary nodule are rare. Moreover, M. intracellulare pulmonary infection with co-existing lung cancer is extremely rare.
- Subjects :
- Adenocarcinoma complications
Aged
Antitubercular Agents therapeutic use
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Lung Neoplasms complications
Male
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection diagnostic imaging
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection drug therapy
Radiography
Adenocarcinoma diagnosis
Lung Diseases diagnostic imaging
Lung Diseases microbiology
Lung Neoplasms diagnosis
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1349-7235
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18310983
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0586