Tuberc Respir Dis.  1988 Sep;35(3):216-219. 10.4046/trd.1988.35.3.216.

Roentgenogram of the Issue : A Case of Tuberculoma Resembling Metastatic Carcinoma

• KMID: 2528607
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1988.35.3.216

Abstract

A tuberculoma is a sharply circumscribed parencymal nodule, often containing viable tubercle bacilli, that can develop in either primary or secondary disease The patient who is a 19-year-old woman with chief complaints of cough, dyspnes & recent hemoptysis and has metastatic lesions on chest X-ray & chest CT scan and past history of spontaneous abortion 3 months ago, identified with percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy for the diagnosis of tuberculoma. We report a case of tuberculoma resembling metastatic nodule with reference.