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[Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteriosis and Cancer at the Same Site:Report of a Case]
Toshio Nishikawa1, Takahiro Inoue, Seiichi Nagahisa
1Inoue Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan.
Abstract:
A 73-year-old man was referred to our hospital for abnormal shadow. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed a tumor with a cavity in S10 of the left lung. Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) showed the accumulation in the tumorous lesion of the cavity wall. Although the culture of the lavage fluid was positive for acid-fast bacilli and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was positive for M. intracellulare, coexistence of cancer could not be denied. Therefore, he underwent surgery. Histopathological findings showed squamous cell carcinoma adjacent to epithelioid cell granulomatous lesion of nontuberculous mycobacteriosis.
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