Difficulties of Diagnosis of the Central Endophytic Tumor of the Lungs Arising in the Background of Tuberculosis

Abstract

Introduction. The problem of early detection of lung cancer arising in the background of specific processes is extremely urgent and challenging. The objective of the work was to study the role of radiologic and bronchoscopic methods of research in the diagnosis of central lung endophytic tumor in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Materials and methods. An analysis of the literature, a clinical case. Results. Such X-ray methods of investigation, as the survey radiography, are informative in the late stages of lung endophytic tumor. The most informative method in the early stages ia a multislice helical scanning whose feature is isotropic images (equal quality in all planes). A clinical case of endophytic central lung tumor in a patient with multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis is presented. Conclusions. A combination of such instrumental methods of studies as X-ray and fibrobronchoscopy (with examination of bronchial aspirate) is necessary that gives, as a whole, a significant amount of information about the development in a patient with tuberculosis of endophytic central lung tumors.

Keywords

• pulmonary tuberculosis
• central lung cancer
• endophytic tumor
• radiographic methods