Hepatic macronodular tuberculoma mimics liver metastasis in a patient with locoregional advanced tongue cancer

J Clin Oncol. 2011 Aug 1;29(22):e641-3. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.34.9407. Epub 2011 May 23.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy / methods
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / secondary
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Neck Dissection
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tongue Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Tongue Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tuberculoma / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Hepatic / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18