Pulmonary tuberculosis with lung cancer.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 11 Pulmonary tuberculosis with lung cancer [Abstract] In order to understand the clinical features of pulmonary tuberculosis with lung cancer, nearly 5 years, our hospital patients diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis with lung cancer clinical data of 18 patients were analyzed. Results The main clinical manifestations in patients with irritating cough, hemoptysis, a small number of patients presented with chest pain and fever. which is in the same lobe of lung cancer and pulmonary tuberculosis, 11 cases (61%), including the original 10 cases of tuberculosis at the malignancy (56%). pulmonary tuberculosis with clinical manifestations of lung cancer and pulmonary tuberculosis alone is similar to the delayed healing of elderly patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and the presence of carcinogenic factors, should be alert to the possibility of lung cancer combined. [Keywords:] tuberculosis, lung cancer, clinical features Smoking and air pollution, accelerate the pace of life and nutrition, scientific and other reasons, led to an increase in tuberculosis and lung cancer, pulmonary tuberculosis and lung cancer resulted in increased opportunities for co-existence of both an increased incidence. Is now almost 5 years, our hospital patients diagnosed with 18 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis with lung cancer clinical data analysis to understand the clinical features of pulmonary tuberculosis with lung cancer. 1 Clinical data 1.1 General information The group of 18 patients, 15 males and 3 females, male to female ratio of 5:1, aged 44 to 75 years, median age of 59.5 years. 44 years old in 2 cases, 3 patients 50 years old, 60 years old, 6 cases 7 cases 70 to 75 years old .18 patients were suffering from tuberculosis, a history of 1 month to 22 years .6 cases of lung cancer and active pulmonary tuberculosis lesions also found that 14 cases had history of smoking, smoking history of 20 years more than 13 cases, accounting for 72%. 1.2