LATE RESULTS OF TREATMENT OF THE SOLITARY DENSE TUBERCULOUS PULMONARY FOCUS (TUBERCULOMA) WITHOUT RESECTION OR CHEMOTHERAPY
Authors: R S MITCHELL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Article1 September 1953LATE RESULTS OF TREATMENT OF THE SOLITARY DENSE TUBERCULOUS PULMONARY FOCUS (TUBERCULOMA) WITHOUT RESECTION OR CHEMOTHERAPYROGER S. MITCHELL, M.D., F.A.C.P.ROGER S. MITCHELL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-39-3-471 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThe solitary dense pulmonary focus is now frequently treated by pulmonary resection. There are two reasons given for advising this type of treatment: first, the lesion may be malignant and amenable to surgical extirpation; and second, the results with nonsurgical treatment of so-called tuberculoma are reputed to be unfavorable.Abeles and Ehrlich, among many others, have stressed the uncertainty of diagnosis in these dense circumscribed lesions picked up on surveys. They were able to follow 44 cases which had been found on routine survey in Massachusetts. Twenty-seven per cent were proved to be malignant by means of pathologic examination...Bibliography1. AbelesEhrlich HD: Single circumscribed intrathoracic densities, New England J. Med. 244: 85, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. CulverConcannonMacManus GJJPJE: Pulmonary tuberculomas, J. Thoracic Surg. 20: 798, 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Moyes EN: Tuberculoma of the lung, Thorax 6: 238, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Eriksen J: Tuberculoma; after-examination of 40 cases, Nord. med. 42: 1530, 1949. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. BirkeloKasper CCJA: The circular lesion of pulmonary tuberculosis, Radiology 28: 157, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. PughJones DLER: "Tuberculoma" of the lung, Tubercle 33: 184, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. StudyMorgenstern RSP: Prognosis of inspissated cavities, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 59: 53, 1949. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. BernouTricoire AJ: New studies on inspissated cavities, Rev. de la tuberc. 13: 959, 1949. Google Scholar9. Houghton LE: Collapse therapy and the bronchus, Tubercle 31: 50, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Mitchell RS: Late results of modified bed rest in active uncomplicated minimal pulmonary tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 67: 401, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Trudeau, N. Y.*From the Symposium on Tuberculosis presented at the Thirty-Fourth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 15, 1953.From Trudeau Sanatorium, Trudeau, N. Y.This study was made possible by a grant from the Committee on Medical Research of the American Trudeau Society, medical section of the National Tuberculosis Association. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited BySolitary pulmonary nodules due to nontuberculous mycobacterial infectionGutartige Primärtumoren der Bronchien und LungenAn analysis of 155 solitary lung lesions illustrating the differential diagnosis of mixed tumours of the lungSurgery of the Definable X-ray Lesion in Apparently Healthy Military PersonnelA clinical study of 200 tuberculous round fociTHE SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULEThe importance of surgery in the management of the pulmonary coin lesionTuberculosisThe pulmonary tuberculoma in childhood: Its medicaland surgical management 1 September 1953Volume 39, Issue 3Page: 471-478KeywordsChemotherapyLesions Issue Published: 1 September 1953 PDF DownloadLoading ...