Journal article
Cannonballs in the Lung-A Rare Presentation
Journal of Association of Chest Physicians, Vol.6(2), pp.61-64
07/01/2018
DOI: 10.4103/jacp.jacp_33_17
Abstract
Pulmonary tuberculosis is one of the most prevalent and rampant communicable infectious diseases in the Southeast Asian region. Often the disease has an unusual presentation that diverts our attention toward other diseases. We describe such a case, wherein a 54-year-old male, chronic smoker and a known patient of chronic obstructive airway disease presented with fever, weight loss, and radiographic evidence showing well-circumscribed lesions resembling cannonballs. This was suggestive of secondaries in the lung, which on further diagnosis was determined to be disseminated tuberculosis. The patient was treated with antituberculous medication, following which his symptoms resolved, as evidenced by a radiological examination of his primary disease.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cannonballs in the Lung-A Rare Presentation
- Creators
- Jijin Satheesh - Department of General Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, Tamil NaduDeepak Vangipuram - Department of General Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, Tamil NaduK. Madhavan - Department of General Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of Association of Chest Physicians, Vol.6(2), pp.61-64
- DOI
- 10.4103/jacp.jacp_33_17
- ISSN
- 2320-8775
- eISSN
- 2320-9089
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd
- Number of pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2018
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9985179091002771
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