2021
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-332951/v1
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The first report of co-existence of pulmonary tuberculosis and lung malignancy in a kidney transplant recipient. A case report and literature review

Abstract: Background Along with the medical development, organ transplant patients increase dramatically. Since these transplant patients take immunosuppressants for a long term, their immune functions are in a suppressed state, prone to all kinds of opportunistic infections and cancer. However, it is rarely reported that the kidney transplant recipient (KTR) had pulmonary tuberculosis and lung cancer simultaneously. Case presentations: A 60-year-old male was admitted because of persistent lung shadow for two years wi… Show more

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“…Clinical operations will use surgical navigation systems such as lung puncture operations [13]. e surgical navigation system is based on CT, MRI, and other image data [14]. e corresponding relationship between the preoperative image space and the intraoperative patient space is established under the spatial positioning device, and the position of the biopsy needle during the operation is tracked and displayed in the image space in real time [15].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Clinical operations will use surgical navigation systems such as lung puncture operations [13]. e surgical navigation system is based on CT, MRI, and other image data [14]. e corresponding relationship between the preoperative image space and the intraoperative patient space is established under the spatial positioning device, and the position of the biopsy needle during the operation is tracked and displayed in the image space in real time [15].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%