Congenital heart disease masking pulmonary tuberculosis in children.
A report on 2 patients in whom coexisting pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) was partially masked by signs of congenital heart disease is presented. The cases illustrate the difficulties in making a diagnosis of PTB in such situation and highlight the need for a high index of suspicion.
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D011859:Radiography; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*