title: [A case of pleural tuberculoma with intra-pulmonary invasion during anti-tuberculosis therapy].
abstract: A 27-year-old woman who had been treated for pulmonary tuberculosis with anti-tuberculosis drugs for three months was admitted to our hospital because of pain in the chest and back. Chest CT showed improvement in the pulmonary tuberculosis lesions in the right middle lobe and S8, but there was a large pleural mass in the right lower lung field. Histopathological findings of the percutaneous biopsy showed epithelioid cell granulomas that were negative for acid-fast bacilli. We diagnosed the mass as pleural tuberculoma with intrapulmonary invasion. The pleural tuberculoma improved without any additional therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Himeji Medical Center, 68 Honmachi, Himeji-shi, Hyogo 670-8520, Japan. hiroko-o@hmj-net.hosp.go.jp
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Yoshiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: Yasuharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: Tetsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Akie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizumori
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsukamoto
authors.forename: Hisako
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.forename: Toshihide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents