疑难肺部阴影临床与病理分析

目的 分析CT引导下经皮肺穿刺活检诊断的疑难肺部阴影患者临床资料,提高临床与病理诊断相关性。方法 选择2021年5月至2022年8月我院呼吸与危重症医学科行CT引导下经皮肺穿刺活检诊断的疑难肺部阴影患者25例,对临床资料、肺恶性肿瘤和肺结核进行分析。结果 疑难肺部阴影活检结果中,肺恶性肿瘤和肺结核23例(92.0%)。肺恶性肿瘤13例(56.5%),其中腺癌9例(69.2%)、鳞癌2例(15.4%)、小细胞癌和腺样囊性癌各1例(7.6%);肺结核10例(43.4%),其中肉芽肿性病变9例(36%)、慢性炎+坏死+多核巨细胞1例(4%)。2例(8.0%)为慢性炎伴碳末沉积。肺恶性肿瘤和肺结核在性别、年龄、基础病、病程、病变部位、病灶大小和影像学高危征象及结核菌素试验(PPD)、结核菌感染T细胞斑点实验(T-SPOT)、全自动医用PCR分析系统(Gene-Xpert)、结核菌聚合酶链式反应(TB-PCR)、结核菌核糖核酸(TB-RNA)和结核抗体等结核相关参考指标进行分析,无统计学差异(P>0.05)。两者在肺部肿瘤标志物,癌胚抗原(CEA)、鳞状细胞癌相关抗原(SCC)、胃泌素释放...     

肺泡蛋白沉着症合并肺结核1例报道并文献复习

目的　探讨肺泡蛋白沉着症合并肺结核的发病机制,诊断及治疗方法。方法 回顾性分析1例肺泡蛋白沉着症合并肺结核患者临床资料并复习相关文献。结果 患者表现为咳嗽、咳痰、活动后气促、潮热、盗汗,在经纤支镜肺活检等检查后诊断为肺泡蛋白沉着症合并肺结核,给予抗结核治疗及经纤支镜肺泡灌洗后病情明显改善。结论 肺泡蛋白沉着症合并肺结核的情况应引起重视,诊断可依据临床表现、影像学、肺功能、纤支镜活检结果等综合判断。主要治疗方法为抗结核治疗及肺泡灌洗。     

Cytomegalovirus pneumonitis in a patient with nephrotic syndrome receiving low-dose prednisolone and pulmonary tuberculosis

Cytomegalovirus pneumonitis in a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis has been rarely reported. We report on a patient with nephrotic syndrome and documented pulmonary tuberculosis who received antituberculous therapy. Chest radiography showed a newly developed patch, and he underwent high-resolution computed tomography examination of the chest and open lung biopsy. Histopathologic studies of the lung showed interstitial pneumonitis, which had focal syncytial pneumocytes with focal nuclei atypia, inclusion bodies, and prominent eosinophilic nucleoli. Polymerase chain reactions for cytomegalovirus were positive in the sputum and biopsy specimen. The patient recovered well with ganciclovir treatment. When new pulmonary infiltrates develop in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis during antituberculous therapy, cytomegalovirus pneumonitis should not be overlooked.     

A case of asymptomatic endobronchial lipoma followed for 4 years]

Bronchoscopy was performed on a 68-year-old male patient with pulmonary tuberculosis, and revealed a yellow smooth polypoid tumor in the lumen of the left upper division bronchus. The histopathological diagnosis of the biopsy specimen was endobronchial lipoma. Since the patient did not have any symptoms due to the lipoma, we performed treatment for tuberculosis and continued careful observation of the tumor. During the subsequent 4 years, the patient developed no complications such as obstructive pneumonia, and the size of the tumor under bronchoscopic observation did not change. Endobronchial lipoma is a very rare benign tumor. Almost all reported cases have undergone operation or endoscopic surgery. This case is the first that was followed over 4 years without surgical procedure. The findings of follow-up bronchoscopic examination suggest that the growth rate of endobronchial lipoma is very slow. Furthermore, we reviewed 36 cases of endobronchial lipoma in the Japanese literature, including our case. Smoking seems to have a strong relation to the occurrence of the tumor. It is noteworthy that 6 cases had separate malignancies, but the direct relationship between endobronchial lipoma and such malignancies is unclear.     

Tuberculosis involving the oral cavity

The oral cavity is a rare site for extrapulmonary tuberculosis. A case is reported of a young woman with dysphagia and oral ulceration. The original mucosal biopsy was negative on smear for acid-fast bacilli, and the patient subsequently developed pulmonary symptoms. A diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was ultimately made on open lung biopsy. Complete resolution of both mouth lesion and chest involvement occurred with standard antituberculous therapy.     

分子生物学假阳性致肺癌性淋巴管炎误诊为肺结核的临床诊治过程分析

2019年4月17日,武汉市肺科医院呼吸科收治1例69岁男性因外院结核分子生物学阳性诊断为肺结核的肺癌性淋巴管炎患者。该患者因“发现肺部阴影3个月,间断咳嗽2个月”入院。既往有结肠癌病史。胸部CT扫描显示双肺弥漫性沿支气管血管束分布结节伴磨玻璃影,伴小叶间隔增厚,双肺门及纵隔淋巴结肿大,双侧胸腔积液,在外院行肺泡灌洗液(BALF)GeneXpert MTB/RIF(简称“ GeneXpert”)检出MTB(极低)及TB-PCR检出MTB,诊断为肺结核,转诊至武汉市肺科医院。入院后完善结核相关检查,PPD皮肤试验阴性,γ干扰素释放试验阴性,胸部CT影像学特征不符合肺结核改变,临床怀疑BALF结核病病原分子生物学检测假阳性,建议患者复查BALF、GeneXpert及经气管镜超声引导针吸活检术(EBUS-TBNA),患者拒绝。给予诊断性胸腔穿刺,抽出胸腔积液20ml,送检显示,癌胚抗原(118.4μg/L)明显升高,提示恶性胸腔积液;最后行内科胸腔镜胸膜活检,提示转移性低分化腺癌,结合胸部CT表现,诊断为肺癌性淋巴管炎。患者后因病情恶化死亡。笔者认为,影像学表现为沿支气管血管束分布结节伴小叶间隔增厚及纵隔淋巴结肿大时需鉴别肺癌性淋巴管炎。影像学表现与肺结核不相符时,分子生物学阳性诊断肺结核需谨慎,以避免误诊误治。     

肺活检诊断肺部弥漫性病变

为了鉴别17例肺部弥漫性病变的诊断,应用局限性开胸作肺组织活检得到确诊。有6例结节病;5例恶性肿瘤肺转移;3例结核;2例特发性肺纤维化和1例肺泡蛋白沉着症。本文讨论手术方式和指征。作者认为在包括TBLB在内各种常规检查失败之后,应作局限性开胸肺活检,这是诊断肺部弥漫性病变的安全可靠的方法。     

Two cases of duodenal tuberculosis]

The present study described 2 cases of patients with duodenal tuberculosis. Case 1 was a 55 year-old Japanese male patient with pulmonary tuberculosis and past medical history of subtotal gastrectomy (Billroth II reconstruction). Tubercle bacilli were positive both on smear and culture from his sputum and feces. Because of complaining right hypochondralgia, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed and revealed multiple ringed ulcers in the afferent limb of duodenum. Histopathological study of biopsy specimen demonstrated granulomatous inflammation as well as acid-fast bacilli confirmed by Ziehl-Neelsen staining. Tissue culture was positive for M. tuberculosis. Colonic tuberculosis was demonstrated by barium enema. Case 2 was a 45 year-old male patient with pulmonary tuberculosis in association with severe uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. Sputum polymerase chain reaction test was positive for M. tuberculosis. Granulomatous inflammation and positive acid-fast bacilli in biopsy specimen obtained from ulcers in the descending portion of the duodenum made a diagnosis of duodenal tuberculosis. No other intestinal tuberculous lesion was recognized. Since 1988, 11 cases of duodenal tuberculosis including the presented two cases have been reported in Japan. Most of the recent cases had tuberculous lesions in the descending portion of the duodenum and were diagnosed as duodenal tuberculosis by endoscopic examinations, while the majority of the cases reported before 1987 had tuberculosis in the more distant portions of the duodenum and were diagnosed mainly by surgical procedures.     

Tuberculous osteoarthritis of the foot in the diabetic: not unrecognize this diagnostic trap. About one case

Osteoarticular tuberculosis is the fourth leading extrapulmonary localization of tuberculosis. The disease has a progressive course and is often diagnosed in the stage of bone destruction, causing an important diagnostic problem in diabetics with nervous osteoarthropathy. We report the case of a 23-year-old patient with multicomplicated diabetes type 1, treated for pulmonary tuberculosis who consulted after a trauma distended the left ankle. Bone biopsy was performed because of the diagnostic doubt between diabetes and infectious osteoarthropathy. Pathology reported active tuberculosis. Osteoarticular tuberculosis is still a severe disease because of the functional prognosis that requires early diagnosis, a difficult task in some conditions particularly in the diabetic where the disease may mimic nervous osteoarthropathy. Bone biopsy should be performed if there is a doubt.     

Cutaneous extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis

A 48-year-old immunocompetent man without known exposure to tuberculosis had a > 10-year history of recurrent skin lesions. Cutaneous tuberculosis without any current or past history of pulmonary tuberculosis was diagnosed. Culture of biopsy specimens showed the organism to be resistant to multiple first-line and second-line agents. The patient had a broad, vigorous CD4-specific immune response against multiple tuberculosis antigens. This case is the first report of cutaneous extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.     

Six cases of primary pulmonary cryptococcosis]

Six patients with asymptomatic primary pulmonary Cryptococcosis are reported. In all of the patients, the disease was detected by annual chest X-ray during mass screening for lung cancer or during follow-up for pulmonary tuberculosis or gastric cancer. The chest X-ray findings consisted of a solitary pulmonary nodule in 4 patients and multiple pulmonary nodules in 2. Only one patient who could not be histologically diagnosed by bronchofiberscopy underwent surgical resection. However, the other 5 patients were histologically diagnosed by transbronchial biopsy with bronchofiberscopy. They were treated with oral antifungal agents, namely flucytosine (5-FC) and/or fluconazole, with marked improvement of chest X-ray findings. These results indicate that transbronchial biopsy with bronchofiberscopy and oral administration of antifungal agents instead of initial surgical resection are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of primary pulmonary cryptococcosis.     

Update on tuberculous pleural effusion

The possibility of tuberculous pleuritis should be considered in every patient with an undiagnosed pleural effusion, for if this diagnosis is not made the patient will recover only to have a high likelihood of subsequently developing pulmonary or extrapulmonary tuberculosis Between 3% and 25% of patients with tuberculosis will have tuberculous pleuritis. The incidence of pleural tuberculosis is higher in patients who are HIV positive. Tuberculous pleuritis usually presents as an acute illness with fever, cough and pleuritic chest pain. The pleural fluid is an exudate that usually has predominantly lymphocytes. Pleural fluid cultures are positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in less than 40% and smears are virtually always negative. The easiest way to establish the diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis in a patient with a lymphocytic pleural effusion is to generally demonstrate a pleural fluid adenosine deaminase level above 40 U/L. Lymphocytic exudates not due to tuberculosis almost always have adenosine deaminase levels below 40 U/L. Elevated pleural fluid levels of γ‐interferon also are virtually diagnostic of tuberculous pleuritis in patients with lymphocytic exudates. In questionable cases the diagnosis can be established by demonstrating granulomas or organisms on tissue specimens obtained via needle biopsy of the pleura or thoracoscopy. The chemotherapy for tuberculous pleuritis is the same as that for pulmonary tuberculosis.     

Unusual cutaneous manifestations of miliary tuberculosis.

Cutaneous manifestations of miliary tuberculosis are extremely rare. We describe a 62-year-old woman with leukopenia who developed infiltrated dermal-hypodermal and ulcerative cutaneous lesions during the course of miliary tuberculosis. Miliary tuberculosis was diagnosed when Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli were isolated by cultures of the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and blood and when acid-fast bacilli were detected on histopathologic examination of hepatic, pulmonary, and cutaneous biopsy specimens. With the increasing incidence of immunocompromised patients, unusual presentations of tuberculosis may be observed more often. Acute miliary tuberculosis of the skin is an exceptional manifestation that is due to acute hematogenous dissemination of M. tuberculosis to the skin. We describe a patient who had unusual cutaneous manifestations of miliary tuberculosis.     

B超引导下88例经皮肺穿刺活检分析

目的探讨超声引导下经皮肺穿刺诊断靠近胸壁的周围型肺部肿块的应用价值。方法利用超声引导经皮肺穿刺活检枪取材88例。结果 88例中诊断为原发性肺癌48例,转移性肺癌16例,炎性假瘤2例,支气管囊肿2例,肺脓肿2例,胸膜增厚伴包裹积液12例,肺结核6例。取材成功率100%。结论超声引导经皮肺活检操作简便、安全、实用、取材充分、确诊率高。     

Hoarseness in Asthmatic Patients: The Side Effect of Inhaled Steroid or Not?

Hoarseness is one of the possible side effects of inhaled steroid in asthmatic patients as well as a common presenting feature of laryngeal tuberculosis. We report an asthmatic patient on inhaled corticosteroid treatment who presented with a 3-month history of hoarseness. Laryngeal tuberculosis without pulmonary involvement was diagnosed by laryngeal biopsy and microbiologic studies. Laryngeal tuberculosis should be considered in asthmatic patients who present with hoarseness, at least in regions in which tuberculosis is prevalent.     

Two cases of multiple primary cancer involving the lung with old pulmonary tuberculosis]

We reported 2 relatively rare cases of multiple primary cancer including lung cancer accompanied by old pulmonary tuberculosis. Patient 1 was a 62-year-old man admitted to our hospital for further evaluation of an infiltrative shadow on chest X-ray films, and a cervical tumor noted 10 years earlier and thought to be thyroid cancer. A Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) specimen disclosed poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. A right upper lobectomy and thyroidectomy were performed. Histopathologic findings showed a neoplastic lesion adjacent to caseous necrosis with formation of granuloma consistent with tuberculosis. Also, the cervical tumor was considered to be a metastatic lymph node from thyroid papillary carcinoma. Patient 2 was a 73-year-old man with a 14-year history of treatment for transitional cell carcinoma of urinary bladder, who had been admitted to our hospital for further evaluation because of a nodular shadow observed on chest X-ray films. TBLB specimens disclosed adenocarcinoma. A right upper lobectomy was performed. Histopathologic findings revealed a neoplastic tumorlet in the same lobe. No detectable increases in serum TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta or IFN-gamma were observed in either patient. Phytohemagglutinin- and concanavalin-A-stimulated lymphocyte proliferation decreased in Patient 1. These findings suggested that the immunocompromised status of patients with cancer in addition to old pulmonary tuberculosis may contribute to the development of lung cancer.     

Evaluation of a commercial ligase chain reaction assay for the diagnosis of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis.

SETTING: Egas Moniz Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the Ligase Chain Reaction (LCx) Mycobacterium tuberculosis Assay for the direct detection of M. tuberculosis complex in respiratory specimens after smear observation, and its suitability for non-respiratory clinical specimens. DESIGN: Analysis of 156 specimens collected from 123 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and/or extrapulmonary involvement. RESULTS: Among 93 pulmonary secretions and 63 extra-pulmonary samples and after resolution of discrepancies based on clinical and laboratory findings, two pulmonary samples from a patient with a diagnosis of sarcoidosis, four samples of cerebrospinal and one of seminal fluid were considered as false positives. Two tissue biopsy samples, one pericardial effusion and one pulmonary secretion from patients strongly suspected of having tuberculosis were considered as false negatives for the assay, without inhibition of amplification. All specimens yielding M. avium on culture were LCx negative. CONCLUSION: The LCx Mycobacterium tuberculosis Assay was found to be useful for the rapid identification of M. tuberculosis complex in all types of specimens. It revealed a high specificity both in pulmonary and extrapulmonary products, and a sensitivity of 97% for the pulmonary secretions and of 75% for the extra-pulmonary specimens, independently of the bacilloscopy results.     

Tuberculosis. Clinical aspects and diagnosis.

The presentation of tuberculosis is variable depending on the severity of the infection, the age of the patient, whether the infection is primary or secondary, and whether the manifestations are due to inhalation of organisms or hematogenous dissemination. A definitive diagnosis is made by culture of the organism; spontaneously expectorated sputum is the most suitable specimen for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis. Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis frequently requires tissue biopsy. The classic staining method for demonstrating tubercle bacilli is the Ziehl-Neelsen technique. Newer methods based on fluorescent dyes and phase-contract microscopy make rapid screening feasible, but false-positive identification is more frequent. Culture of tubercle bacilli is most successful when two media are used. The differential diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis includes bacterial pneumonia, especially anaerobic infection, and fungal infections including histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, and blastomycosis. Lung carcinoma can mimic tuberculosis and the two diseases can coexist. Surgery is frequently necessary for a definitive diagnosis, expecially when the disease is seen as a noncalcified nodule.     

A case of pulmonary tuberculosis preceded by skin tuberculosis

We report a case of pulmonary tuberculosis, which was preceded by skin tuberculosis. 65-year old male was admitted to our hospital complaining of skin eruption which last one year. Skin biopsy proved granuloma with acid-fast bacilli. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was detected by PCR examination using skin biopsy and skin tuberculosis was confirmed. Chest roentogenography demonstrated small nodules with bilateral infiltrates compatible with pulmonary tuberculosis. M. tuberculosis was attained by culture examination using sputa sample. In this case, skin tuberculosis was a first clinical sign to suggest pulmonary tuberculosis. Peripheral blood test showed that he has developed adult T-cell leukemia and this could be an important factor for developing skin tuberculosis. Although skin tuberculosis becomes rare disease, physician should pay attention for this disease as differential diagnosis of lasting eruption.     

Malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the small intestine complicated with pulmonary tuberculosis during treatment with imatinib mesylate

We describe a patient who had a metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) after previous failed extensive therapy, including multiple surgeries and hepatic artery embolization. Within a few months of starting administration of imatinib mesylate, the patient exhibited a clinical response with grade 3 neutropenia, when pulmonary tuberculosis developed. A c-kit mutation in exon 11 was detected only in metastatic liver specimens. It is unclear whether or not pulmonary tuberculosis may be induced by imatinib mesylate treatment, but caution is warranted in immunocompromised GIST patients. This is the first report of tuberculosis associated with neutropenia during imatinib mesylate treatment.