title: [Primary left lower lobe tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus].
abstract: A 31-year-old man presented with fever, cough and hemoptysis. Primary pulmonary tuberculosis of the left lower lobe was diagnosed. Concurrently he developed severe insulin-dependent diabetes. This case stresses the special connection between primary atypical pulmonary tuberculosis affecting the lower lobes and diabetes mellitus.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Heinrich
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peleg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*