In our study, we discuss and illustrate the spectrum of radiologic manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis

Retrospective study A serie of 178 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis Collected in our department between 1996 and 2011 Our Study was based on 135 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis (data of the other 33 patients were not available) Patients were clinically examined, biological tests were done in all cases. Chest Radiography was performed in all patients Chest computed tomography (CT) was performed occasionally in 22 cases (16.3%) for clarifying diagnostic confusion

Clinical and biological characteristics: Age of our patients: between 17 and 89 years with a mean of 42 years There were 110 (81%) men and 25 (19%) women 87 (64, 5%) of our patients were without medical history 14 (10, 4%) patients had a history of tuberculosis Reveling symptoms were: cough (96 cases) (71%), Deterioration of general condition (63 cases)(46.6%), expectoration (51 cases) (37,7%), fever (49 cases) (36.2%), hemoptysis (41 cases) (30.3%), dyspnea (17 cases) (12.5%). In two (1, 5%) patients, tuberculosis was fortuitely discovered...

Pulmonary tuberculosis (PT): - Common lung infection worldwid. - Epidemic in mediterranean countries. - Long, well-defined treatment that different from other bacterial infections: his specific diagnosis is very important. Its clinical form of presentation is insidious and early diagnosis is often difficult if the process is not suspected on radiological findings. Clinically - Systemic manifestations including fever, malaise and weight loss. The fever is not very high and is usually well tolerated. Other common clinical features are cough, hemoptoic expectoration or hemoptisis. - In our...