Chronic Pulmonary Blastomycosis Mimicking Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Pulmonary nocardiosis mimicking tuberculosis

Pulmonary nocardiosis is an infrequent and severe infection due to Nocardia species, microorganisms that may behave both as opportunists and as primary pathogens. Diagnosis of pulmonary nocardiosis is frequently delayed and a high level of suspicion is required in patients with underlying diseases or chronic corticosteroid therapy. Hereby we are presenting a case of pulmonary nocardiosis mimick...

Pulmonary Paragonimiasis Mimicking Tuberculosis.

Paragonimiasis is a disease which is frequently misdiagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis. In the areas where people eat crab/crayfish this disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis to avoid antituberculosis treatment for a non-tubercular condition. We are reporting a case of pulmonary paragonimiasis who had been treated for tuberculosis.

Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis-mimicking Tuberculosis.

BACKGROUND Pulmonary tuberculosis is occasionally confused with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in transplant recipients, since clinical suspicion and early diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis and IPA rely heavily on imaging modes such as computed tomography (CT). We therefore investigated IPA-mimicking tuberculosis in transplant recipients. METHODS All adult transplant recipients who ...

Pulmonary artery sarcoma mimicking chronic pulmonary thromboembolism

Pulmonary artery sarcoma mimicking chronic pulmonary thromboembolism Sarcoma da artéria pulmonar simulando tromboembolismo pulmonar crônico Dear Editor, A 35-year-old woman was admitted in our institution with a 2-year history of dyspnea, hemoptysis and chest pain. Chest computed tomography (CT) demonstrated filling defects in the right pulmonary artery and some of its branches (Figure 1A). Tra...