Lung carcinoma superimposed on pulmonary tuberculosis.
Review of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis over a three-year period showed an increased incidence of bronchogenic carcinoma (5%). There had been considerable delay in establishing diagnosis of coexistent carcinoma which was attributed to finding of acid-fast bacilli and relative ease of ascribing all findings to that cause. Suspicious roentgen signs are reviewed and the importance of sputum cytology is also stressed.
D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging