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Case Reports
. 2024 Apr 1;3(2):115613.
doi: 10.56305/001c.115613. eCollection 2024.

Meant to Be

Brenna Lilley  1 , Shilpa Vasishta  2 , Satya Patel  1   3
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Case Reports

Meant to Be

Brenna Lilley et al. J Brown Hosp Med. .

Abstract

We describe an elderly patient who presented with progressively worsening weakness, significant subacute constitutional symptoms associated with pulmonary nodules and lymphadenopathy.

Keywords: Constitutional symptoms; Miliary tuberculosis; Pulmonary nodules; Tuberculosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.. CT angiography of the chest showing diffuse random pulmonary nodules without lobar predominance on a background of faint ground glass opacity as well as bilateral peribronchial and peribronchiolar wall thickening.
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