Cavitary Lung Lesion in a Tuberculosis-Negative Patient

Michael C Harding; Steven J Gibson; Jarett R Beaudoin

doi:10.12788/fp.0190

Cavitary Lung Lesion in a Tuberculosis-Negative Patient

Fed Pract. 2021 Oct;38(10):465-467. doi: 10.12788/fp.0190.

Authors

Michael C Harding¹, Steven J Gibson¹, Jarett R Beaudoin¹

Affiliation

¹ is a PGY-2 Resident, and is a PGY-3 Resident, both in the combined Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine Residency at Franklin Square/Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. is a PGY-2 Resident in the Internal Medicine Residency at the National Capital Consortium in Bethesda, Maryland.

Abstract

A patient with worsening chronic cough, shortness of breath, and hemoptysis tested negative for tuberculosis; but a chest computed tomography scan showed an upper left lobe cavitary lesion.