Characteristics of X-ray manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis in the special populations
ZHOU Wei-jian
Abstract：Objective To explore the characteristics of X-ray manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis in two kinds of special populations:AIDS patients and drug addicts, and performed the comparisons between both popula-tions.Methods From Jan 2010 to June 2014, 80 AIDS patients with pulmonary tuberculosis were studied in our hos-pital.All patients were taken frontal and lateral chest radiographs.Results Seventeen in AIDS patients with pulmo-nary tuberculosis,lesions in the right lung were found in 65 cases,the left lungs in 63 cases, 2 lung in 56 cases;the distribution of lesions less than 2 lung field was found in 73 cases, accounting for 91.15%;cavity formation in 58 ca-ses, accounting for 72.51%.In drug addicts with pulmonary tuberculosis, lesions in the right lung were found in 61 cases, the left lung in 48 cases, and 2 lungs in 14 cases;the distribution of more than 2 lung fields was found in 24 cases, accounting for 30.00%;cavity formation was found in 17 cases, accounting for 21.00%.The statistical analy-sis showed that lesion distribution mainly involved middle and lower lung field in 2 lungs in the AIDS group ( P<0.05), X-ray manifestations mainly were exudative and cavernous(P<0.05).Conclusion AIDS patients with pul-monary tuberculosis and drug addicts with pulmonary tuberculosis have their own characteristics of X-ray, and there are some certain differences between the two populations.A wider lesion distribution and cavity formation, and le-sions occasionally showing a shift phenomenon were found in AIDS patients.
Keywords：AIDSDrug addictsPulmonary tuberculosisX-ray manifestation
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 151-154 )