[The solitary tuberculoma as a "mask" of a lung tumor]. / Solitarnaia tuberkulema kak "maska" opukholi legkogo.

The results are given of the clinical and X-ray examination of 56 patients who underwent surgery for granuloma which had the course of a "masked" blastoma. Taking into consideration the objective difficulties encountered in differential diagnosis, measures must be taken to perform the intraoperative express diagnosis which will help to avoid tactical errors in relation to the volume of surgical intervention.