Hilar gland tuberculosis in Nepalese adults masquerading as malignant lymphoma.
We report two Nepalese patients with tuberculosis, in whom the sole chest X-ray abnormality was hilar lymphadenopathy. This rare variant of tuberculosis, not previously described in Nepalese patients, may easily be mistaken for malignant lymphoma.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009390:Nepal; D011859:Radiography; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging