Open AccessDestructive pneumonia in the tuberculosis clinic
Author(s) -
V. S. Anastasyevka,
G. A. Smirnov,
P. M. Fattakhova
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj89519
Subject(s) - pneumonia , medicine , tuberculosis , abscess , pulmonary tuberculosis , lung abscess , lung , radiology , intensive care medicine , surgery , pathology
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of pneumonia occurring with an atypical clinical picture, the prolonged and complicated course of which can be the cause of diagnostic errors. Destructive pneumonia, mostly without a pronounced clinic of acute lung abscess, is often mistaken for infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis in the decay phase, especially with their upper lobe localization.