APICAL TUBERCULOSIS PRESENTING AS PANCOAST TUMOR
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 27
Abstract
A 73-year-old woman presented with pain in her right shoulder radiating to the right scapula and a tingling sensation of the right arm with involvement of the fourth and fifth finger. Chest x ray showed a well-defined mass in right apical area of lung. HRCT chest showed a well-defined mass in right upper zone in apex destroying the upper 2 ribs. Clinically the diagnosis of Pancoast tumor of the right lung was made. Computed tomographic guided fine needle aspiration cytology was done and it was inconclusive. So gun biopsy was done under ultrasound guidance. The histologic and microbiologic examinations established the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB)
Authors and Affiliations
Praveen J. V, Ramana Reddy, Sowjanya D. S, Prithvi B. K, Ramya G
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