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SUBMITTER: Zhu H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7607273 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhu Hui H Wang Xiao-Qin XQ Lu Hai-Yan HY
The Journal of international medical research 20191129 3
The coexistence of lung cancer and pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is uncommon in young patients. We report a case of 22-year-old man who presented with a one-month history of chest pain, cough, slight haemoptysis and weight loss. Following two acid fast bacilli positive sputum samples, a diagnosis of TB was concluded. However, his response to anti-TB therapy was inadequate. A CT scan and further laboratory tests assisted the final diagnosis as c-ros oncogene 1 (ROS1) rearranged lung adenocarcinoma ...[more]