Certain problems of lung tuberculosis diagnostics in multi-profile hospital

Abstract

An analysis was carried out of dissecting protocols and histories of 24 patients who were diagnosed during their postmortem examination as having different forms of lung tuberculosis. Diagnosis of tuberculosis was reached during the patients’ life in 14 patients. Among 9 fibrocavernous tuberculosis patients the clinical diagnosis was established only in 3 ones. Eight cases of postmortem examination revealed a morphological features of caseous pneumonia, that was evidence of significant activity of tuberculosis. A lot of patients entered the hospitals in extreme severe condition which made their adequate examination difficult. Chronic alcohol intoxication, chronic obstructive lung diseases and steroid therapy were noted among risk factors for lung tuberculosis.