Chest radiological features among patients with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis.

Peyman Eini, Hamid Owaysee Osquee, Masoud Sajjadi Nasab, Farzaneh Nasiroghli Khiyabani, Amir Hosein Rahighi

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Characteristics of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis with normal chest radiographic findings during a tuberculosis outbreak in northeast Malaysia: A cross-sectional study.Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · 2024
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Peyman EiniDepartment of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran.

Hamid Owaysee Osquee

Masoud Sajjadi Nasab

Farzaneh Nasiroghli Khiyabani

Amir Hosein Rahighi

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backgroundChest x-ray has an important role in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). The aim of this study was to determine the radiological changes in patients with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis.

methodsIn this study, 325 patients with smear positive pulmonary TB was enrolled. The affected lobe or lobes of the left or right lung were recorded. The types of involvement were categorized based on patchy consolidation, cavitation, collapse consolidation and bronchopneumonia. The data were collected and analyzed.

resultsFrom the 325 patients, 116 (35.7%) were males and 209 (64.3%) were females. The most frequent involved site was the left upper lobe in 175 (53.8%) followed by the right upper lobe in 134 (41.2%) cases. The most frequent radiographic finding was bronchopneumonia in 242 (74.4%) cases. Patchy consolidation was detected in 99 (30.4%) patients. Cavitary lesion and pleural effusion were observed in 68 (20.9%) and 35 (10.7%) patients, respectively.

conclusionThe results show that pulmonary upper lobes were the most frequent involved sites.

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Chest X-rayPulmonary tuberculosisSmear positive TB

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PMCPMC3841779

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