TB or not TB: Cavitary bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia mimicking pulmonary tuberculosis

Two patients with subacute symptoms and signs compatible with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) had right upper lobe cavitary infiltrates shown on chest radiography. In both patients, purified protein derivative and microbiologic testing excluded TB, and tissue examination yielded typical histologic chang...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 2001-08, Vol.120 (2), p.674-678
Hauptverfasser:	HELLER, Israel, BINER, Simon, ISAKOV, Aharon, KORNITZKY, Yulia, SHAPIRA, Itzhak, MARMOR, Silvia, TOPILSKY, Marcel
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Biological and medical sciences Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - diagnosis Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - drug therapy Diagnosis, Differential Humans Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects) Male Medical sciences Prednisone - therapeutic use Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry Radiography, Thoracic Respiratory system Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis
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