Intracavitary nodule in active tuberculosis: differential diagnosis of aspergilloma
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1. Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói (RJ) Brasil. 2. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Brasil. 3. Laboratório de Pesquisa em Imagens Médicas, Pavilhão Pereira Filho, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre (RS) Brasil. 4. Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre (RS) Brasil. 5. Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis, Petrópolis (RJ) Brasil. TO THE EDITOR:
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