MEDIASTINAL PSEUDO-TUMOR TUBERCULOSIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT:CASE REPORT AND BRIEF LITERATURE REVIEW
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Tags : bronchoscopy
Category : Cases reports
Authors : Narindra Njarasoa Mihaja Razafimanjato, Manjakaniaina Ravoatrarilandy, Francis Allen Hunald, Hanitrala Jean Louis Rakotovao
Tuberculosis remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality by a single infectious agent, particularly in developing countries as Madagascar but isolated
mediastinal tuberculosis (MTB) in the pseudotumor shape has not been described in adults immunocompetent. This form is unusual with the incidence of 0.25%-5.8%. [...]