Medicina Pulmonar e Respiratória

Coexistent Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Carcinoma Lung Diagnosed from the Same Clinical Specimen - A Case Report

Abstract

Abin VT, Arjun P, Ameer KA, Leena Devi KR, Biji KA and Jaiprakash Madhavan

The presence of both Tuberculosis and primary lung cancer in the same person is extremely rare phenomenon. Tuberculosis has been known to occur during the treatment of lung malignancy due to immunosuppression but the simultaneous demonstration of both etiologies in same biopsy during investigation of pleural effusion is extremely uncommon.