Characteristics analysis of 157 cases of central airway stenosis due to tracheobronchial tuberculosis: A descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tracheobronchial stenosis, particularly central airway stenosis, which frequently results in severe complications such as lung damage, occurs in patients with tracheobronchial tuberculosis (TBTB).

Objectives

To analyze the clinical characteristics of patients with central airway stenosis due to tuberculosis (CASTB).

Methods

Retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical features, radiological features, bronchoscopic features and treatment of 157 patients who were diagnosed with CASTB in two tertiary hospitals in Chongqing, China, from May 2020 to May 2022.

Results

CASTB mostly occurs in young patients and females. Patients with CASTB exhibited different symptoms repeatedly during the disease, especially varying degrees of dyspnea, prompting man

SUBMITTER: Zhuang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9932966 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature