Asymptomatic primary tuberculous pleurisy with intense 18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake mimicking malignant mesothelioma

BACKGROUND: The pathogenesis of primary tuberculous pleurisy is a delayed-type hypersensitivity immunogenic reaction to a few mycobacterial antigens entering the pleural space rather than direct tissue destruction by mycobacterial proliferation. Although it has been shown that pulmonary tuberculosis...

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Main Authors: Shinohara, Tsutomu, Shiota, Naoki, Kume, Motohiko, Hamada, Norihiko, Naruse, Keishi, Ogushi, Fumitaka
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: BioMed Central 2013
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Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3568019/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23317113
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-12
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