Simultaneous occurrence of pulmonary tuberculosis and carcinomatous lymphangitis Ocorrência simultânea de tuberculose pulmonar e linfangite carcinomatosa

Tuberculosis is an important cause of mortality due to its high prevalence, considering that one third of the world’s population is infected with the tuberculosis bacillus. We report the first case of carcinomatous lymphangitis associated with active pulmonary tuberculosis. Carcinomatous lymphangiti...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Felipe Francisco Tuon, Karina T. Miyaji, Paula Marques de Vidal, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva, Adriana Kono, Francisco Oscar de Siqueira Franca
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2007
Subjects:
Tuberculose
Linfangite carcinomatosa
Tuberculose miliar
Pulmão
Cancer
Tuberculosis
Carcinomatous lymphangitis
Miliary tuberculosis
Lung
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Alta
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822007000100016
https://doaj.org/article/80d065dd26e04920ade3360ed80ed9e0
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Summary:Tuberculosis is an important cause of mortality due to its high prevalence, considering that one third of the world’s population is infected with the tuberculosis bacillus. We report the first case of carcinomatous lymphangitis associated with active pulmonary tuberculosis. Carcinomatous lymphangitis is a rare event that may be confounded with tuberculosis because of its radiographic and clinical characteristics. Tuberculose é uma causa importante de mortalidade devido a sua alta prevalência, uma vez que um terço da população mundial encontra-se infectada com o bacilo da tuberculose. Nós relatamos o primeiro caso de linfangite carcinomatosa associada à tuberculose pulmonar ativa. A linfangite carcinomatosa é um evento raro que pode ser confundida com tuberculose pelos aspectos clínicos e radiológicos.

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