Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 63(2); 2007 > Article
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2007;63(2):173-177.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2007.63.2.173    Published online August 1, 2007.
A Case of Multifocal Tuberculosis Mimicking Metastatic Malignancy.
In Jeong Cho, So Yeon Im, Eun Mi Chun, Yon Ju Ryu, Jin Hwa Lee, Yun Su Sim, Jung Hyun Jang, Sung Shin Shim, Jung Ho Bae
1Department of Internal Medicine, Dongdaemun Hospital, Ewha Womans University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. cem@ewha.ac.kr
2Department of Radiology, Dongdaemun Hospital, Ewha Womans University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
3Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dongdaemun Hospital, Ewha Womans University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
Tuberculosis remains as a major public health problem worldwide. In addition to classic pulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculosis may sometimes present atypically. In the case of atypical tuberculosis, the unusual sites and properties that mimic other diseases can lead to a misdiagnosis and therapeutic delay. Abdominal and pharyngeal tuberculosis are uncommon extrapulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis. To the best of our knowledge, a combination of abdominal and pharyngeal tuberculosis with endobronchial tuberculosis has not been reported. We report a case of concurrent abdominal and pharyngeal tuberculosis in a patient with chronic endobronchial tuberculosis mimicking a metastatic malignancy on computed tomography and FDG-PET.
Key Words: Tuberculosis, Neoplasm metastasis, Positron-Emission Tomography(PET)


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