Haemoptysis in a patient with a pulmonary mass and previous tuberculosis
Date
2001
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Van Dyk C.
Bybuick A.
Van Der Merwe M.
Pretorius J.
Bardin P.
Bolliger C.T.
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A 35-year-old gentleman was referred to our respiratory clinic in September 1999 with continuous hamoptysis and a mass lesion in the right lung. He had undergone a full 6-month course for previous tuberculosis in 1995. Some months prior to the current admission, he had presented to his local clinic with haemoptysis and symptoms suggestive of pulmonary tuberculosis. Although his sputum analysis was negative for acid-fast bacilli, he was empirically put on treatment for suspected reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis. He also has a 20 pack-year smoking history.
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adult, article, artificial embolism, blood vessel fistula, case report, clinical examination, clubbing fingers, computer assisted tomography, cytology, disease activity, hemoptysis, human, internal mammary artery, lung carcinoma, lung tumor, lymphadenopathy, male, percussion, polycythemia, priority journal, pulmonary artery, smoking habit, sputum analysis, systolic heart murmur, thorax radiography, tuberculosis, weight reduction, Adult, Arterio-Arterial Fistula, Bronchial Arteries, Hemoptysis, Humans, Male, Mammary Arteries, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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