Pulmonary tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of lung cancer

Patients with lung cancer are often misdiagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis leading to delay in the correct diagnosis as well as exposure to inappropriate medication. Several factors are responsible for this situation in developing countries, including lack of awareness, inadequate infrastructure and...

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Main Authors: MLB Bhatt, Surya Kant, Ravi Bhaskar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2012-07-01
Series:South Asian Journal of Cancer
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2278-330X.96507