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KMID : 0383820070630050412
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2007 Volume.63 No. 5 p.412 ~ p.416
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Clinical Characteristics of Endobronchial Tuberculosis that Develops in Patients over 70 Years of Age
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Kim Hwi-Jong
Kim Hyeon-Sik
Ma Jung-Eun
Lee Seung-Jun
Ham Hyun-Seok
Cho Yu-Ji
Jeong Yi-Yeong
Jeon Kyung-Nyeo
Kim Ho-Cheol
Lee Jong-Deok
Hwang Young-Sil
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Abstract
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Background : The possibility of developing pulmonary tuberculosis usually increases with increasing age. Therefore,
the incidence of endobronchial tuberculosis in older people may increase. We evaluated the clinical characteristics
in patients with endobronchial tuberculosis above the age of 70 years.
Methods : We enrolled 74 patients (12 males and 62 females; mean age 64.6±16.2 years) that were diagnosed
with endobronchial tuberculosis from March 2003 to July 2006 at Gyeongsang University Hospital. We retrospectively
evaluated the clinical characteristics of endobronchial tuberculosis for patients 70 years or older (older
group) and for patients below the age of 70 years (younger group).
Results : The number of patients in the older group was 41 (55%). Cough was the most common symptom in
the two groups of patients and dyspnea on exertion was more common in the older group of patients than in
the younger group of patients (31.7% vs. 12.1%). The actively caesating type of disease was more common in
the younger group of patients than in the older group of patients (66.7% vs. 39%). The edematous type of disease
was more common in the older group of patients than in the younger group of patients (53.7% vs. 27.2%) (p＜0.05).
Tracheal and main bronchial involvement of lesions were more common for the younger group of patients than
for the older group of patients (30.3% vs. 9.7%) (p＜0.05).
Conclusion : Endobronchial tuberculosis was commonly observed in patients older than 70 years and this group
of patients had some clinical characteristics that were different from the younger group of patients. (Tuberc Respir
Dis 2007;63:412-416)
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KEYWORD
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Endobronchial tuberculosis, Older people, Clinical characteristics
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