Clinical Course of Endobrochial Tuberculosis Diagnosed by Flexible Bronchoscopy in Children

Suh, Jungmin; Cho, Joongbum; Lee, Jung Hyun; Ahn, Kangmo

doi:10.7581/pard.2012.22.2.197

Original Article


Pediatr Allergy Respir Dis. 2012 Jun;22(2):197-203. Korean. Published online June 30, 2012. https://doi.org/10.7581/pard.2012.22.2.197
Copyright © 2012 The Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease


Clinical Course of Endobrochial Tuberculosis Diagnosed by Flexible Bronchoscopy in Children
Jungmin Suh, MD,¹ Joongbum Cho, MD,² Jung Hyun Lee, MD,³ and Kangmo Ahn, MD, PhD²
¹Department of Pediatrics, Sahmyook Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Pediatrics, Gwangmyeong Sungae Hospital, Gwangmyeong, Korea.
Corresponding author (Email: kmaped@skku.edu )

Received March 19, 2012; Revised March 24, 2012; Accepted March 28, 2012.

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Purpose The incidence of endobronchial tuberculosis in children is unknown, due to the inconsistent implementation of bronchoscopy in pediatric patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. In this study, our aim was to determine the incidence and clinical course of endobronchial tuberculosis in children. Methods We performed a retrospective chart review of patients less than 18 years of age, who was diagnosed with endobronchial tuberculosis via fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Results Out of the 101 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, 16 patients had endobronchial tuberculosis. The median age at diagnosis was 11.2 years (range, 5 months to 16.1 years). Tuberculin skin test was positive in 9 cases (56.2%), and 6 patients (37.5%) had a history of household contact with tuberculosis. Consolidation lesion was common in the simple chest radiographs of patients with endobronchial tuberculosis. According to the bronchoscopic finding, actively caseating type was most common (43.8%). Nine of the 16 patients of endobronchial tuberculosis progressed to bronchial obstruction and 4 patients underwent pneumonectomy or lobectomy. Fibrostenotic and tumorous type tend to progress to endobronchial obstruction compared with actively caseating type. Conclusion The incidence of endobronchial tuberculosis in pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis was 15.8%. Early detection and effective treatment of endobronchial tuberculosis are important to decrease the secondary complication, such as bronchial obstruction.


Keywords: Tuberculosis; Endobronchial tuberculosis; Bronchoscopy; Children

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Figures


	Fig. 1 Outcome of the patients with endobronchial tuberculosis according to the types of endobronchial tuberculosis (A) and treatment modalities (B). antiTB, antituberculosis medication.
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Tables


	Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of the Patients with Endobronchial Tuberculosis (n=16)
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	Table 2 Roentgenographic Findings of Endobronchial Tuberculosis (n=16)
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	Table 3 Microbial Investigation of the Patients with Endobronchial Tuberculosis
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	Table 4 Initial Bronchoscopic Findings of the Patients with Endobronchial Tuberculosis (n=16)
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	Table 5 Follow-up Bronchoscopic Findings of the Patients with Endobronchial Tuberculosis (n=16)
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