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ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2017

Differential diagnosis of acute miliary pulmonary tuberculosis from widespread-metastatic cancer for postoperative lung cancer patients: two cases.

Wei Zhao, Yuke Tian, Feng Peng, Jianlin Long, Lan Liu, Meijuan Huang, You Lu

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Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Wei ZhaoDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Yuke TianDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Feng PengDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Jianlin LongState Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; Lung Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Lan LiuDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Meijuan HuangDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
You LuDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Sichuan University · CNState Key Laboratory of Biotherapy

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary infections and lung cancer can resemble each other on radiographic images, which makes it difficult to diagnosis accurately and apply an appropriate therapy. Here we report two cases that two postoperative patients with lung adenocarcinoma developed diffuse nodules in bilateral lungs in a month which needed to be distinguished between metastatic malignancies and infectious diseases. Although there are much similarities in disease characteristics of two cases, patient in case one was diagnosed as acute miliary pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) while patient in case two was diagnosed as metastatic disease. The symptoms and pulmonary foci on CT scan of patient in case one improved distinctly after the immediate anti-TB treatment, but the disease of patient in case two progressed after chemotherapy. These findings caution us that differential diagnosis is crucial and have significance in guiding clinical work.

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dermatofibrosarcomainfectionLung cancertuberculosis (TB)

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