Pulmonary tuberculosis: Chest radiograph can appear normal in immunocompromised patients

Detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with a normal chest radiograph.

OBJECTIVES To describe the early symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) when the chest radiograph (CXR) is normal. SETTING Centralized, provincial TB control program. SUBJECTS Twenty-five patients with culture-positive pulmonary TB and a normal CXR were identified from a review of 518 consecutive patients with culture-positive pulmonary TB in the province of Saskatchewan from January 1, 19...

Pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients presenting with normal chest radiograph and negative sputum smear.

BACKGROUND HIV-infected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis exhibit atypical radiological presentation and negative sputum smear more frequently than their HIV-negative counterparts. PATIENTS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective study based on a chart review of 146 HIV-infected patients with pulmonary symptoms and culture-proven pulmonary tuberculosis. We compared clinical characteristic...

Chest radiological features among patients with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis

Background: Chest 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.Methods: In 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...

The normal chest radiograph in bronchial carcinoma.

CT evaluation of patients with hemoptysis and normal chest radiograph

Background and objectives: to study the diagnostic accuracy of Computed Tomography in evaluation of various etiologies of hemoptysis with normal chest radiographs. Methods: Two hundred patients with hemoptysis and normal chest radiograph were evaluated with computed tomography from the period of December 2008 to October 2009. The patients were categorized according to the primary etiology and s...