title: Bilateral upper lobe lung fibrosis.
abstract: A 33-year-old man was denied work permit due to chest X- ray findings of bilateral upper lobe fibrosis, assumed to be due to tuberculosis. However, a detailed evaluation showed that the upper lobe fibrosis was due to Marfan's syndrome.
authors.forename: Kapil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.forename: Vinaya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Karkhanis
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Joshi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*