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The cases of 20 patients with coexisting pulmonary tuberculosis and diabetes were reviewed. Four of these were noted to have lower lobe involvement only. It is suggested that tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis when a diabetic patient presents with a lower lobe pneumonia.
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R A Weaver (1974) studied this question.