Concurrent active pulmonary tuberculosis and small cell lung cancer: diagnostic challenges and therapeutic insights from a case report

The coexistence of active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an exceptionally rare clinical phenomenon, presenting significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges due to overlapping symptoms, radiological findings, and drug interactions. We report the case of a 68-yea...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Oncology
Main Authors:	Meiling Sun, Huaijun Ji, Ailing Liu, Ning Xu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-09-01
Subjects:	pulmonary tuberculosis Small cell lung cancer diagnostic challenges multidisciplinary collaboration case report
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2025.1564686/full

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