Journals / Medical Network Klinik Bilimler ve Doktor / 2002 / Cilt: 8 - Sayı: 3

Evaluation of patients with mediastinal tuberculosis in the absence of a parenchymal lesion

Parankim lezyonu olmayan mediastinal tüberküloz olgularının değerlendirilmesi

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287–289
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CONCLUSION: According to the results; bronchoscopy has a low diagnostic yield in mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenopathy in the absence of a parenchymal lesion and invasive procedures should have been applied.

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Objective & Hypothesis:AIM: Mediastinal tuberculosis patients which had no parencyhmal lesion were evaluated retrospectively.
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Key Findings & Data:MATERIAL AND METHOD: 29 mediastinal tuberculosis patients (5 female, 24 male mean age 32, distribution of age 20-64) involved in the study.
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Conclusion & Impact:CONCLUSION: According to the results; bronchoscopy has a low diagnostic yield in mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenopathy in the absence of a parenchymal lesion and invasive procedures should have been applied.
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⚙️Variables:Torakotomi · Bronkoskopi · Tanı

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AIM: Mediastinal tuberculosis patients which had no parencyhmal lesion were evaluated retrospectively. MATERIAL AND METHOD: 29 mediastinal tuberculosis patients (5 female, 24 male mean age 32, distribution of age 20-64) involved in the study. Patients' clinical findings, chest radiographies, thorax CT'ies were evaluated, tuberculin skin tests were done. Mediastinoscopy, bronchoscopy, thoracotomy and excisional biopsy for histopathologic evaluations provided diagnostic yield. RESULTS: Symptoms of cough, weight loss, fatigue and fever were mostly found. Investigation of sputum for acid resistant bacilli gave no result. Patients' mean diameter of induration for tuberculin skin test were 14 mm (2 patients had negative induration; 10-32mm range). None of the patients had parenchymal lesion but thorax CT had revealed mediastinal lymphadenopathies in all cases. Endobronchial involvement was proved by broncoscopy in 3 of 29 patients. In the other patients final diagnosis could be documented mediastinoscopy, thoracotomy or lymph nodes aspiration biopsy. CONCLUSION: According to the results; bronchoscopy has a low diagnostic yield in mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenopathy in the absence of a parenchymal lesion and invasive procedures should have been applied.

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AMAÇ: Kliniğimizde akciğer parankim lezyonu olmayan ve mediastinal tüberküloz tanısı konan hastalar retrospektif olarak değerlendirildi. GEREÇ VE YÖNYEM: Çalışmaya parankim lezyonu bulunmaksızın mediasten tüberkülozu tanısı konan 29 hasta alındı (Hastaların yaşları 20 ile 64 arasında olup ortalama 32.0, 5 kadın, 24 erkek hasta). Hastalar klinik bulguları, balgamda ARB, akciğer grafileri, toraks BT'leri ve PPD testi yönünden incelendi. Bronkoskopi, mediastinoskopi, torakotomi yapılan hastalara histopatolojik olarak tanı konuldu. BULGULAR: Hastalarda en çok görülen semptomlar zayıflama, öksürük, halsizlik ve ateşti. Tüm olgularda balgamda ARB negatif kaldı. PPD testi sonuçları ortalama 14 mm (2 hastada negatif, 27 hastada 10-30 mm arasında) bulundu. Hastaların tümünün akciğer grafisi normal bulundu, toraks BT'lerinde mediastende LAP (lenfadenopati) tesbit edildi.Yirmidokuz hastanın üçünde endobronşial tüberküloz görülürken diğer hastalarda kesin tanı torakotomi, mediastinoskopi, lenf bezi aspirasyon biopsisi ile konuldu. SONUÇ: Bu sonuçlara göre; akciğer parankim lezyonu olmayan mediastinal tüberküloz olgularda bronkoskopi ile tanının güç olduğu ve invaziv girişimlere gerek duyulduğu kanısına varıldı.

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ARINÇ, S., ARINÇ, B., DURUCU, M., YALDIZ, E., SURARDAMAR, A., YAKAR, T., ÜNVER, E., BAYAL, İ. (2002). Evaluation of patients with mediastinal tuberculosis in the absence of a parenchymal lesion. Medical Network Klinik Bilimler ve Doktor, Cilt: 8 - Sayı: 3, 287–289. https://ajindex.com/articles/278624

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