Lung Cancer in Combination with Pulmonary Tuberculosis Features of the Clinical Picture and Morphology

Abstract

The combination of tuberculosis and lung cancer has long been considered a controversial problem and is of interest to both clinicians and pathologists. The relationship between the two diseases still remains unresolved and controversial. Some authors [1,3,4] believe that pulmonary tuberculosis in most cases precedes cancer, being an important etiopathogenetic moment in the development of bronchocarcinoma. Others are cautious about the role of tuberculosis changes in cancer development, suggesting that tuberculosis and cancer develop independently [5].