Tracheal bronchus misdiagnosed as tuberculosis.
We present an uncommon case of a congenital tracheal bronchus, diagnosed on a CT scan of the chest, which was performed on a patient with long- standing right upper lobe reticulonodular lung changes, assumed to be due to tuberculosis.
Saad
Nivene
N
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia. nivena100@hotmail.com
Wigeson
Merle
M
Stapleton
Troy
T
D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001995:Bronchography / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*