Simultaneous occurrence of pulmonary tuberculosis and carcinomatous lymphangitis

Felipe Francisco Tuon; Karina T Miyaji; Paula Marques de Vidal; Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva; Adriana Kono; Francisco Oscar de Siqueira Franca

doi:10.1590/s0037-86822007000100016

Simultaneous occurrence of pulmonary tuberculosis and carcinomatous lymphangitis

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2007 Jan-Feb;40(1):76-7. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822007000100016.

Authors

Felipe Francisco Tuon¹, Karina T Miyaji, Paula Marques de Vidal, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva, Adriana Kono, Francisco Oscar de Siqueira Franca

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP. [email protected]

PMID: 17486260
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822007000100016

Abstract

Tuberculosis is an important cause of mortality due to its high prevalence, considering that one third of the worlds population is infected with the tuberculosis bacillus. We report the first case of carcinomatous lymphangitis associated with active pulmonary tuberculosis. Carcinomatous lymphangitis is a rare event that may be confounded with tuberculosis because of its radiographic and clinical characteristics.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carcinoma / complications*
Carcinoma / drug therapy
Carcinoma / secondary
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / complications*
Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
Lung Neoplasms / secondary
Lymphangitis / complications*
Lymphangitis / drug therapy
Middle Aged
Ovarian Neoplasms* / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications*
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / drug therapy