title: [Tuberculosis simulating cancer. An autopsy study of 12 cases presenting diagnostic difficulties in clinical practice].
abstract: Tuberculosis may simulate cancer. We report on twelve cases with the clinical diagnosis of cancer in which autopsy revealed tuberculosis. Weight loss and fever were the most common symptoms. Chest x-ray abnormalities were seen in 50% of cases. A debilitating disease other than tuberculosis was present in 6 cases. Miliary disseminated tuberculosis was the most common form encountered at autopsy. Physicians should be aware that the clinical findings of tuberculosis may suggest malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Institut universitaire de pathologie, Lausanne.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chastonay
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001344:Autopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: La tuberculose simulant un cancer. Etude à l'autopsie de 12 cas ayant présenté une difficulté diagnostique en clinique.