Pulmonary tuberculosis in children with leukemia and malignant lymphoma Tuberculosis has been known to be prevalent and associated with high mortality in adult patient with cancer due to cancer itself or immunosuppressive therapy but to be rare in children with cancer. Little about tuberculosis in children with cancer has been reported in our country. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the association of leukemia and malignant lymphoma and pulmonary tuberculosis at the children and to discuss the differential diagnostic problems.

Se cunoaşte că tuberculoza predomină şi este asociată cu un grad ridicat de mortalitate la pacienţi adulţi cu cancer, din cauza cancerului de sine sau terapie imunosupresoare, dar este rară, la copiii cu cancer. Sunt puţine date despre tuberculoza la copiii cu cancer în ţara noastră. Scopul acestui studiu este de a evalua asociaţie de leucemie şi limfom malign cu tuberculoza pulmonară la copii şi pentru a discuta problemele de diagnostic diferenţial.