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Solitary excavated lung nodule revealing pulmonary tuberculosis: A case report

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1 Radiology Department, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

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Article ID: 101248Z01IK2021

doi: 10.5348/101248Z01IK2021CR

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Kaoutar I, Billah NM, Nassar I. Solitary excavated lung nodule revealing pulmonary tuberculosis: A case report. Int J Case Rep Images 2021;12:101248Z01IK2021.

ABSTRACT


Pulmonary tuberculosis is an endemic infectious disease. The symptomatology of tuberculosis is non-specific, giving varied presentations. When the clinical context is evocative and the lung lesions are multiple and evocative, imaging can guide the diagnosis. Pulmonary tuberculosis is rarely revealed by a solitary nodule, in this case, when the biological features are not contributory, the diagnosis can be performed by lung biopsy with histological study. We report the case of a 47-year-old-female patient presenting with a solitary cavitary lung mass whose biopsy revealed pulmonary tuberculosis.

Keywords: Pulmonary nodule, Tomography scanners, Tuberculosis

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Imrani Kaoutar - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published

N Moatassim Billah - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published

I Nassar - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published

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