Lung Malignancy vs Pulmonary Tuberculosis: How Does Low Dose Plain Ct Thorax Help?

Authors

  • Anu Malar Narkunam
  • Nur Adilah Shaharuddin
  • Noor Amalina Ma’mon
  • Mohd Helmi Hamzah
  • Mohd Nazlin Kamarudin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v13i.1797

Keywords:

tuberculosis, lung malignancy, low dose plain CT thorax

Abstract

Introduction

Lung cancer is by far the most lethal cancer, causing approximately 1.4 million deaths in 2008. Meanwhile, tuberculosis (TB) presents a global threat. Various research and studies had been reported in correlation of pulmonary tuberculosis and lung carcinoma. These cause diagnostic challenges from the multi-faceted presentations and lesions in radiograph mimicking each other.

Author Biographies

Anu Malar Narkunam

Radiology Department,
Hospital Keningau, Keningau,
Sabah, Malaysia

Nur Adilah Shaharuddin

Radiology Department,
Hospital Keningau, Keningau,
Sabah, Malaysia

Noor Amalina Ma’mon

Radiology Department,
Hospital Keningau, Keningau,
Sabah, Malaysia

Mohd Helmi Hamzah

Radiology Department,
Hospital Keningau, Keningau,
Sabah, Malaysia

Mohd Nazlin Kamarudin

Radiology Department,
Hospital Keningau, Keningau,
Sabah, Malaysia

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Published

2019-03-28

How to Cite

Narkunam, A. M., Shaharuddin, N. A., Ma’mon, N. A., Hamzah, M. H., & Kamarudin, M. N. (2019). Lung Malignancy vs Pulmonary Tuberculosis: How Does Low Dose Plain Ct Thorax Help?. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), (1), 11. https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v13i.1797

Issue

2019: BORNEO JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (BJMS), (Suppl.), MARCH 2019

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Abstracts

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The copyright of the article belongs to the authors, who retain ownership of their work published in the journal. Their work is distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license

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