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Analysis of clinical manifestations and diagnosis of 102 children with bronchial tuberculosis

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Journal Title:
Chinese Journal of Pediatrics
Issue:
10
DOI:
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1310.2012.10.005
Key Word:
结核;儿童;支气管镜检查;Tuberculosis;Child;Bronchoscopy

Abstract: Objective Most of Endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) of children is caused by the bronchial erosion from the scrofula close to the bronchus.Due to its complicated mechanism,pediatricians have limited knowledge on the endobronchial tuberculosis,which makes the misdiagnosis rate high.This work explored the clinical features and diagnostic methods of endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB),to improve the understanding of this disease.Method A total of 102 cases with endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) were investigated by analyzing clinical and bronchoscopic features,imaging manifestation,PPD results and etiological examination; 71 cases were male,33 were female,the youngest was 4 months old,and the oldest was 10 years old.The patients were treated in the fourth ward of the Department of Internal Medicine,Beijing Children's Hospital,Capital Medical University.Result Of the 102 cases,71 (69.6 percent) were infants and young children.(1) Age and clinical presentation:Infants and young children were more common,the main clinical manifestations were fever and cough,physical examination may find decreased breath sounds,wet and dry rale and wheezing.(2) In 81 cases who received CT there was bronchial obstruction,in 43 cases there were simultaneous manifestations of primary pulmonary tuberculosis (mediastinal and hilar lymph node enlargement and /or pulmonary consolidation),21 cases had only manifestations of primary tuberculo.(3) The results of PPD:the positive rate was 95%.(4) Bronchoseopic feature:presence of mucosal swelling,caseous necrosis,bronchial stenosis/ extrabronchial compression,granulomatous lesions and lymph node bronchial fistula.(5) Bacteriologic results:21 patients were bacteriologically positive.Conclusion Bronchial tuberculosis was more common in infants and young children,their major clinical manifestations were fever,cough,common findings on lung imaging was mediastinal and hilar lymph node enlargement and/or pulmonary consolidation,bronchial obstruction should be considered manifestations of bronchial tuberculosis,positive PPD should support the clinical diagnosis.Diagnosis can be confirmed by positive bacteriological tests.

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