title: [Pulmonary tuberculosis mimicking fungus ball].
abstract: We treated a 42-year-old man with pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as a round mass in a cavitary lesion that resembled a fungus ball. These findings appeared within a short time. The diagnosis was confirmed by isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from his sputum. He also had diabetes mellitus that was poorly controlled. The patient was treated with antituberculous chemotherapy and insulin therapy. With these treatments, the roentgenographic abnormalities resolved fairly rapidly.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahimachi, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011 Japan.
authors.forename: Toshinobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitajima
authors.forename: Rumi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rikimaru
authors.forename: Hisamichi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aizawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*