title: Endobronchial tuberculosis: report of three cases.
abstract: Three patients are presented who had had a chronic cough for several months, a normal physical examination and a negative chest X-ray. Fiberoptic bronchoscopic examination revealed ulcerohaemorrhagic and/or stenotic lesions which proved to be of tuberculous origin. In one case there was a life-threatening haemoptysis, and a pneumonectomy was performed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011859:Radiography; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents