title: [Morphological and bacteriological investigations of pulmonary apical scars (author's transl)].
abstract: 207 apical lung pieces of 128 autopsies with macroscopical visible changes of so called pulmonary apical caps were investigated with histologic and bacteriologic methods. Histologically, 19% of all cases showed tuberculous changes, 43% suspicious tuberculous changes and 38% no tuberculous changes. Mycobacteria were found only in one case by bacteriological methods. The morphological results were correlated with the findings of mass chest x-ray (so-called VRRU). It became evident, that half of all chest x-rays was normal, only one third showed pathological changes and the other third was not registered by the dispensary.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008400:Mass Chest X-Ray; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: Morphologische und bakteriologische Befunde bei sogenannten Pleurakuppenschwielen