title: Endobronchial tuberculosis presented as multiple endobronchial vesicular lesions.
abstract: Endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) is a tuberculous infection of the tracheobronchial tree with microbiological and histopathological evidence, with or without parenchymal involvement. EBTB commonly presents as acute or insidious onset cough, wheeze, low grade fever, and constitutional symptoms. In elderly patients, other differentials like malignancy and pneumonia may lead to misdiagnosis. Hence, bronchoscopy is essential for confirmation of EBTB. Here we report a rare presentation of EBTB in a 65 year old patient who presented with 3 months history of fever and cough and have multiple endobronchial vesicular lesions on bronchoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Farah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Idrees
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Saima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamal
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Electronic address: muhammad.irfan@aku.edu.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Irfan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Microbiology, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Rashida
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Bronchoscopy; Endobronchial TB; Tuberculosis