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Primary pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as mass lesions and simulating tumours in children
M J Cherian1, M H Dahniya, N al-Marzouk
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Imaging, Al-Sabah Hospital, Kuwait.
Australasian Radiology
|December 2, 1998
Abstract:
Two cases of primary pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as mass densities and simulating neoplasms in children are reported. This manifestation has not been previously reported in children. It probably represents an unusual immunological response to the mycobacterium.