Chest X-ray Findings among Patients with Smear Positive Tuberculosis

Changes of pulmonary tuberculosis on chest radiographs varies.According to recent studies, the incidence of unusual radiological findings has increased, but a comparison in relation to the changes before and after the treatment has been done. This study evaluates the diversity of radiographic views in pulmonary tuberculosis patients before and after treatment.
In this study, the chest radiographs of 85 patients with smear-positive TB were evaluated before and after treatment. The type and extent of parenchymal and mediastinal abnormalities was reported by a radiologist and data were analyzed with software spss 21.
The most common radiologic pattern was infiltration, 75 cases (88.2%) before treatment and 43 cases (50.5%) after treatment. Most Abnormalities were seen in the right lung. The most lobes was the left upper lobe The frequency of collapse and calcification pre-treatment and infiltration after treatment showed significant correlation with increasing age. The risk of calcification was higher in older age.
Although the disorder CXR TB patients varied, but two lesions infiltration and Hillary lymphadenopathy include the highest frequency. However chest rdiographic lesions showed no consistent pattern in patients with PTB but the radiographic findings in addition clinical findings are helpful in the preliminary assessment and response to treatment .