[A clinical study on 65 cases with tracheobronchial tuberculosis].
We recently diagnosed 65 cases with tracheobronchial tuberculosis using fiberbronchoscope. All the patients presented TB symptoms and were smear positive, some of them had been misdiagnosed for chronic bronchitis or lung cancer. Among them, 16 cases were simple tracheobronchial tuberculosis (24.6%) without TB lesions in the lungs. The results show that fiberbronchoscopic examination is a good method to diagnose tracheobronchial tuberculosis and distinguish lung cancer by direct observation of tracheobronchial lostons or brush biopsy for TB.
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Suihua Tuberculosis Control Centre, Zhaodong, Heilongjiang.
D000328:Adult; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014136:Tracheitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*