Role of medical thoracoscopy in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy

Objective To investigate the morphological features of tuberculous pleurisy under thoracoscope and evaluate the diagnostic significance of thoracoscope for patients with tuberculous pleurisy.Methods Retrospectively analyzed of the morphological features under thoracoscope and pathological results of 216 patients who had been diagnosed as tuberculous pleurisy,compared thoracoscopy and other diagnostic methods,and its correlation with good curative effect.Results Thoracoscopic presentations of 216 patients with tuberculous pleurisy were hydrothorax,membrana pleuralis hyperaemia,hydrops,effusion,errhysis,anabrosis,formation of fibrous septa or adhesion,diffuse miliary nodules,multiple nodules,nodus coalesce,pachynsis pleurae.Conclusion The morphological features of tuberculous pleurisy are(variable)diversiform,and tuberculosis lesions are non-specific of tuberculous.Thoracoscopy is of great value in the diagnosis for patients with tuberculous pleurisy.