Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of the study patients
From: Radiological findings of unilateral tuberculous lung destruction
Sex/age | Country of origin | Medical history | TB treatment | Symptoms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Female/43 years | Guinea | TB at 24 years | Complete treatment with 4 drugs for 24 months | Fever |
2 | Male/27 years | Ecuador | TB at 20 years Mother died of TB at 20 years | Not recorded in medical history | Cough with mucus expectoration and left pleuritic pain |
3 | Male/83 years | Spain | TB in infancy | Not recorded in medical history | Weakness and paresthesia of the hands |
4 | Female/38 years | Spain | TB at 28 years | Complete pharmacological treatment for 6 months | Sudden dyspnoea due to right tension pneumothorax |
5 | Female/69 years | Spain | TB at 12 years, reactivation at 55 years Kidney TB | Collapse therapy and intramuscular streptomycin during adolescence. Reactivation 14 years ago treated for 6 months with drugs not specified in medical history | Haemoptysis |
6 | Female/68 years | Spain | TB at 29 years | Complete pharmacological treatment during patient’s second pregnancy | No symptoms |
7 | Male/73 years | Spain | TB in youth COPD | Collapse therapy | Fever and purulent expectoration |
8 | Male/72 years | Spain | TB at 18 years, reactivation at 55 years Long-term COPD | Pharmacological treatment for 12 months at 18 years. Reactivation treated with 3 drugs for 18 months | Dyspnoea, cough and purulent expectoration |
9 | Male/81 years | Spain | TB at 25 years Long-term COPD | Not recorded in medical history | Dyspnoea, cough, purulent expectoration, chest pain and fever |
10 | Male/73 years | Spain | TB at 16 years Chronic empyema | Therapeutic pneumothorax | Evaluation for noninvasive mechanical ventilation |
11 | Male/58 years | Spain | TB at 30 years HIV | Complete pharmacological treatment with 3 drugs for 9 months | Dyspnoea |
12 | Male/66 years | Spain | TB in infancy COPD | Not recorded in medical history | Dyspnoea and expectoration |
13 | Female/76 years | Spain | TB at 28 years Sleep apnoea syndrome | Not recorded in medical history | Non-productive cough |