Paradoxical reaction in peripheral lymph node tuberculosis: a review for its prevalence, clinical characteristics, and possible treatment.

The paradoxical reaction (PR) is a transient worsening following tuberculosis treatment and it is not uncommon in lymph node tuberculosis (LNTB). PR in LNTB maybe  wrongly considered as treatment failure or relapse. This review was undertaken to address various aspects of PR associated with lymph node tuberculosis prevalence, underlying mechanism, clinical pattern, predictors, and possible treatment in an immunocompetent individual.

Approach to post COVID-19 persistent cough: A narrative review.

A large proportion of patients who completely recovered from acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection later continued to experience symptoms even after recovery, irrespective of the severity of the disease. Various terms with varying duration were used for those who had persistent symptoms, of which cough was the most common. We systematically searched the published literature concerning post-COVID-19 cough, its prevalence, and the potential ways to reduce it in clinical practice.

Isolated Pulmonary Cysticercosis Presenting as Mass Lesion.

We report a case of pulmonary cysticercosis manifesting as a mass lesion. Cysticercosis confined to lungs is a rare manifestation of human cysticercosis. The disease mainly affects the central nervous system, skeletal muscles, and eyes.