Bilateral multiple pulmonary tuberculous nodules mimicking metastatic disease

Arıyürek, Macit O.; Karçaaltıncaba, Musturay; Demirkazık, Figen B.; Akay, Hadi; Gedikoglu, Gokhan; Emri, Salih

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Volume 44, Issue 1 , Pages 33-36, October 2002

Bilateral multiple pulmonary tuberculous nodules mimicking metastatic disease

Macit O. Arıyürek
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Sihhiye, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
Musturay Karçaaltıncaba
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Sihhiye, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
- Corresponding author. Present address: Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 W Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. Tel.: +1-414-805-2173; fax: +1-414-259-9290
Figen B. Demirkazık
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Sihhiye, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
Hadi Akay
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Sihhiye, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
Gokhan Gedikoglu
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Sihhiye, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
Salih Emri
- Department of Chest Diseases, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Sihhiye, 06100 Ankara, Turkey

Received 14 November 2000; received in revised form 24 July 2001; accepted 25 July 2001.

Abstract

We present CT findings of a young woman who has bilateral pulmonary nodules mimicking metastases. Clinical presentation with active multiple pulmonary macronodules without cavitation responsive to treatment is an atypical manifestation of pulmonary tuberculosis. We reviewed the causes of multiple pulmonary nodules, role of radiological findings in differential diagnosis and parenchymal manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis in this report.