Extract
The presence of granulomatous reaction and lung cancer at the same time is a rare occurrence, which confuses clinicians in deciding the line of treatment. In tuberculosis (TB) endemic regions, the dilemma of considering the presence of TB adds a further complication.
Abstract
In TB endemic regions, granulomatous inflammation in the samples from a tumour in the lung or in the draining lymph nodes will not be sufficient to diagnose TB as granulomas can also arise as a reaction to tumour cells http://ow.ly/tOTm30kSFAY
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