Bronchogenic carcinoma with coexisting active pulmonary tuberculosis in urban Blacks.
There is a significant incidence of active pulmonary tuberculosis with coexisting lung cancer. It is likely that the cancer activates dormant tuberculosis. In a population group beset by a high incidence of tuberculosis, the heavy smoker who has attained his fifth decade seems particularly vulnerable to the combined diseases.
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013019:South Africa; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014505:Urban Population