Relationship between tuberculous scar and carcinomas of the lung.
Results of a transversal case-control study are reported which shows that there is a statistically significant association between tuberculous scars and carcinoma of the lung. Accordingly the possibility of malignancy has to be kept in mind when radiological or scintigraphic scanning reveal the presence of lung scars.
D002921:Cicatrix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D012307:Risk Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*