Bronchiolo-alveolar cell carcinoma with apparent response to chemotherapy to anti-tuberculosis.
This report describes a case of bronchiolo-alveolar cell carcinoma of the lungs presenting with severe respiratory distress and miliary shadowing on chest radiograms. The patient showed an apparent response to anti-tuberculous chemotherapy, which was probably related to the neuropsychiatric properties of isoniazid. The case illustrates that not all "miliary" chest radiograms in Africa are tuberculous and a chemotherapeutic trial is not always diagnostic in individual cases of tuberculosis.
Department of Internal Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria.
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Adogu
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Ozoh
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Ekweani
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Obasi
D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D011859:Radiography
D000995:Antitubercular Agents