Abstract

Abstract

In this report, two cases of endobronchial tuberculosis initially diagnosed as lung cancer were presented and the importance of endobronchial tuberculosis in differential diagnosis was evaluated. The first case, a 56- year-old man, was admitted to our hospital because of hemoptysis. He had been treated for he was lung cancer for four years at an oncologic center. Bronchoscopy revealed a mass on the right side of carina and diagnosed as tuberculosis by histopathologic examination. The second case, a 48-year-old man, was admitted with the diagnosis of “squamous cell lung carcinoma, total pneumothorax and diabetes mellitus”. The sputum examination showed that acid-fast bacilli was positive. At bronchoscopy right upper lobe was totally obstructed with a mass. Biopsy revealed granulomatous tissue.