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ArticleCureus2026

A Tale of Two Diagnoses: Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Metastatic Lung Adenocarcinoma in a High-Risk Host.

Anoohya Vangala, Shivani K Modi, Sankalp Acharya, Devarashetty Shreya, Fnu Arty, Dheeraj K Pinninty, Sharon M Weiner, Shazia M Shah

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Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Anoohya VangalaInternal Medicine, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, USA.
Shivani K ModiInternal Medicine, Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Norristown, USA.
Sankalp AcharyaInternal Medicine, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, USA.
Devarashetty ShreyaInternal Medicine, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, USA.
Fnu ArtyInternal Medicine, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, USA.
Dheeraj K PinnintyInternal Medicine, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, USA.
Sharon M WeinerPulmonary and Critical Care, RWJBarnabas Health, Long Branch, USA.
Shazia M ShahInternal Medicine, Rutgers Health/Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) and lung cancer are major global health burdens, often coexisting in high-risk populations such as smokers and immigrants from TB-endemic regions. We present a diagnostically complex case of a 57-year-old Filipino male with a chronic cough and a right upper lobe lung mass initially suspected to be TB. Imaging revealed spiculated nodules and widespread adenopathy, raising concern for malignancy. Although the initial biopsy was inconclusive,

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checkpoint inhibitorslung adenocarcinomalung masssmokingtuberculosis

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PMID41646577
PMCPMC12867948

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