Age-related features of concurrent lung cancer and tuberculosis
- Authors: Agafonov G.M.1, Kudriashov G.G.1, Yablonskiy P.K.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Saint Petersburg State Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Issue: Vol 27, No 9 (2025): Otorhinolaryngology and pulmonology
- Pages: 525-530
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2075-1753/article/view/356628
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.26442/20751753.2025.9.203458
- ID: 356628
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Abstract
Background. Lung cancer and tuberculosis are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, both within the categories of oncological and infectious diseases and among all pathological conditions of the human.
Aim. To show the features of the clinical course, preoperative diagnosis, and surgical treatment in patients with concurrent lung cancer and tuberculosis across different age groups.
Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of data from 69 patients with concurrent lung cancer and tuberculosis observed between 2002 and 2024, divided into 7 age groups (<44 years, 45–49 years, 50–54 years, 55–59 years, 60–64 years, 65–69 years, and ≥70 years).
Results. The time from symptom onset to hospitalization, clinical presentation, comorbidity (Charlson index), pulmonary function test results, characteristics of the tuberculosis process and M. tuberculosis susceptibility, extent of surgical intervention, duration of postoperative recovery, and frequency of postoperative complications showed no statistically significant difference. Younger and middle-aged patients more frequently exhibited mediastinal lymphadenopathy on CT scans, central squamous cell carcinoma with mediastinal lymph node involvement in combination with active tuberculosis, and a higher rate of postoperative complications. In contrast, older patients more often had intact or calcified intrathoracic lymph nodes on CT scans, peripheral adenocarcinomas at an early stage of malignancy, frequently against a background of post-tuberculosis changes.
Conclusion. Concurrent lung cancer and tuberculosis manifest, are diagnosed, and have different life expectancy prognoses depending on the age at diagnosis.
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Georgiy M. Agafonov
Saint Petersburg State Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology
Author for correspondence.
Email: gm.agafonov@spbniif.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1701-4180
Thoracic surgeon, trainee-researcher
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgGrigorii G. Kudriashov
Saint Petersburg State Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology
Email: gm.agafonov@spbniif.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2810-8852
Cand. Sci. (Med.)
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgPetr K. Yablonskiy
Saint Petersburg State Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology; Saint Petersburg State University
Email: gm.agafonov@spbniif.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4385-9643
D. Sci. (Med.), Prof.
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg; Saint PetersburgReferences
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