Study on visual aspect under thoracoscope of tuberculous pleurisy

Odjective To improve the cognition of the character of tuberculous pleurisy and assess the value of thoracoscopy in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy.Methods Forty-eight tuberculous pleurisy patients diagnosed through electronic-assisted thoracoscopic pleural biopsy were retrospectively studied on its visual aspect under thoracoscope.Results There were 21 patients with one or more sarcoidosis(43.75%),14 patients with diffused granules(29.17%),8 patients with pleural congestive and edema(16.67%) and 5 patients with pleural thickening and adhesions(10.42%) in 48 patients by visual aspect under electronic-assisted thoracoscopy.Distribution of the tuberculous lesion were as follows:18 cases on parietal pleura(37.50%),10 on visceral pleura(20.83%) and 6 on diaphragmatic pleura(12.50%).The other 14 cases were diffused distributed. There was no one serious complication.Conclusion Electronic-assisted thoracoscopic pleural biopsy is relatively safe and has very important value in diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy.