Chest X-Ray Findings of Sputum Positive Tuberculosis Patients in Rafsanjan City
Plain chest x- ray is the first imaging modality for suspected tuberculosis patients because it is available, sensitive and inexpensive . The aim of this study was to identify the plain x- ray findings in sputum positive tuberculosis patients . One hundred and fourteen plain chest fil...
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| description | Plain chest x- ray is the first imaging modality for suspected tuberculosis patients because it is available, sensitive and inexpensive . The aim of this study was to identify the plain x- ray findings in sputum positive tuberculosis
patients .
One hundred and fourteen plain chest films of sputum positive tuberculosis patients that referred to health center of Rafsanjan were evaluated between 1988 and 1996 .
This investigation was a retrospective cross sectional study that showed 92% of the cases had positive radiographic findings and 8% had normal chest x- ray. The most commom radiographic findings was exudative (pneumonic) tubercolosis of lungs and other radiographic findings with decreasing frequency include: cavitation , fibro productive tuberculosis , pleural effusion, calcification, bronchopneumonia , atelectasis , lymphadenopathy bronchectasis and miliary tuberculosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dd6e8b45ea1f44c98d2fd68d23c6e4882022-12-22T00:15:34ZfasHamadan University of Medical Sciencesپزشکی بالینی ابن سینا2588-722X2588-72382004-03-011045154Chest X-Ray Findings of Sputum Positive Tuberculosis Patients in Rafsanjan CityHabib Farahmand0Masoud Pour-Gholami1Mohammad Nasaji2 Plain chest x- ray is the first imaging modality for suspected tuberculosis patients because it is available, sensitive and inexpensive . The aim of this study was to identify the plain x- ray findings in sputum positive tuberculosis patients . One hundred and fourteen plain chest films of sputum positive tuberculosis patients that referred to health center of Rafsanjan were evaluated between 1988 and 1996 . This investigation was a retrospective cross sectional study that showed 92% of the cases had positive radiographic findings and 8% had normal chest x- ray. The most commom radiographic findings was exudative (pneumonic) tubercolosis of lungs and other radiographic findings with decreasing frequency include: cavitation , fibro productive tuberculosis , pleural effusion, calcification, bronchopneumonia , atelectasis , lymphadenopathy bronchectasis and miliary tuberculosis.http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-647-en.htmlchest x-raysputumtuberculosis |
| spellingShingle | Habib Farahmand Masoud Pour-Gholami Mohammad Nasaji Chest X-Ray Findings of Sputum Positive Tuberculosis Patients in Rafsanjan City پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا chest x-ray sputum tuberculosis |
| title | Chest X-Ray Findings of Sputum Positive Tuberculosis Patients in Rafsanjan City |
| title_full | Chest X-Ray Findings of Sputum Positive Tuberculosis Patients in Rafsanjan City |
| title_fullStr | Chest X-Ray Findings of Sputum Positive Tuberculosis Patients in Rafsanjan City |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chest X-Ray Findings of Sputum Positive Tuberculosis Patients in Rafsanjan City |
| title_short | Chest X-Ray Findings of Sputum Positive Tuberculosis Patients in Rafsanjan City |
| title_sort | chest x ray findings of sputum positive tuberculosis patients in rafsanjan city |
| topic | chest x-ray sputum tuberculosis |
| url | http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-647-en.html |
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