Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the lung presenting as a cavitary lesion.
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ABSTRACT
The authors describe a 62-year-old female patient who presented with a progressively enlarging cavitary lesion in the right upper lobe of the lung. Acid-fast bacilli were recovered from a bronchial washing fluid and identified as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. She received antituberculous therapy for 5 months without improvement in her clinical symptoms and chest radiograph. A lobectomy was performed and pathological review demonstrated a high-grade mucoepidermoid lung carcinoma with extensive central necrosis. Staging revealed metastases in her left adrenal gland, kidney and spine. High-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the lung may present as a cavitary lesion. The presence of M. tuberculosis should not preclude clinicians from pursuing adequate diagnostic procedures for a possible malignant lesion.
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Main subject:
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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Female
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Humans
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Fatal Outcome
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Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid
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Isoniazid
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Lung Neoplasms
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Middle Aged
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Neoplasm Metastasis
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Antitubercular Agents
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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