MYCOBACTERIUM-KANSASII INFECTION PRESENTING AS AN ENDOBRONCHIAL TUMORIN A PATIENT WITH THE ACQUIRED-IMMUNE-DEFICIENCY-SYNDROME

Authors
QUIEFFIN J POUBEAU P LAABAN JP BRECHOT JM CAPRON F ROCHEMAURE J
Citation
J. Quieffin et al., MYCOBACTERIUM-KANSASII INFECTION PRESENTING AS AN ENDOBRONCHIAL TUMORIN A PATIENT WITH THE ACQUIRED-IMMUNE-DEFICIENCY-SYNDROME, Tubercle and lung disease, 75(4), 1994, pp. 313-315
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Tubercle and lung disease → ACNP
ISSN journal
09628479
Volume
75
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
313 - 315
Database
ISI
SICI code
0962-8479(1994)75:4<313:MIPAAE>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We report a case of Mycobacterium kansasii endobronchial infection pre senting as a tumor obstructing 2 segmental bronchi in a patient with t he acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Biopsies of the lesions reveal ed granuloma with acid-fast organisms. Culture grew M. kansasii. To ou r knowledge, this is the first case of M. Kansasii infection presentin g with endobronchial mass.