| Literature DB >> 27242239 |
Afua Ofori1, Alexis R Steinmetz2, John Akaasi3, George A Asafu Adjaye Frimpong3, Betty R Norman4, Joseph Obeng-Baah1, George Bedu-Addo3, Richard O Phillips5.
Abstract
Aspergillomas are often misdiagnosed as tuberculosis (TB) in developing countries where the prevalence of TB is high, hemoptysis is often equated with TB, and most patients are diagnosed clinically. This report describes the case of a patient being treated for smear-negative TB who presented with hemoptysis and was found to have an aspergilloma.Entities:
Keywords: Air crescent sign; Drug-resistant tuberculosis; Massive hemoptysis; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Smear-negative tuberculosis
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Year: 2016 PMID： 27242239 DOI： 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2016.03.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Mycobacteriol ISSN： 2212-5531