Endobronchial tuberculosis simulating bronchial asthma

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 390-392

  Lee, Y H ^a   Sin Fai Lam, K N ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchial stenosis; Cancer; Endobronchial tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ENDOBRONCHIAL TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; STAINING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEEZING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 4143052587     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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