title: Tuberculosis hiding a non-Hodgkin lymphoma "there may be more to this than meets the eye".
abstract: Tuberculosis and lymphoma can share common features. We report the case of a non-HIV 60-year old man diagnosed with a severe form of disseminated tuberculosis in whom the atypical course of the disease under treatment led to investigations that unveiled the coexistence a non-Hodgkin lymphoma. This rare association has putative pathophysiological foundations. This justifies to raise the lymphoma hypothesis when a proved tuberculosis exhibits an atypical course.
authors.affiliation: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale, 47-83 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dres
authors.affiliation: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale, 47-83 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demoule
authors.affiliation: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale, 47-83 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale, 47-83 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Similowski
keywords: Lymphoma; Splenomegaly; Tuberculosis