Heterogeneity of latent tuberculosis infection in a patient with lung cancer

• Main Authors: Fumihiro Yamaguchi (Author), Takao Minakata (Author), Sakiko Miura (Author), Takashi Suzuki (Author), Hironori Sagara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Latent tuberculosis infection may become a source of tuberculosis dissemination, even in a subclinical case, which have no abnormalities in the pulmonary parenchyma based on imaging studies. In this case, we presented tiny granulomas beside squamous cell carcinoma in a woman positive for interferon-...