Cystic Change in Pulmonary Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent Adult: A Case Report
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of patients with postprimary tuberculosis (1). However, cystic change associated with pulmonary tuberculosis has rarely been reported in radiologic and pathologic studies (2-4). According to these reports, cystic change developed before or during antituberculous chemotherapy in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis that initially presented with acute respiratory failure. Furthermore, these cystic lung lesions almost completely resolved with residual irregular lines after initiating antituberculous chemotherapy. We report a rare case of pulmonary tuberculosis with cystic change. Case Report
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