PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rasul Amansakhedov
AU  - Andrei Perfiliev
AU  - Atadjan Ergeshov
AU  - Olga Demikhova
TI  - The role of polypositional CT in detecting adhesive process in the pleural cavity of TB patients under artificial pneumothorax (AP)
DP  - 2012 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P659
VI  - 40
IP  - Suppl 56
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P659.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P659.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2012 Sep 01; 40
AB  - We studied 54 patients with different forms of destructive pulmonary TB, which received artificial pneumothorax (AP) during 5.5 (±1,5) months. Out of them 54.8% had infiltrative, 24.0% cavitary, 16.2% fibrocavitary, and 4.8% disseminated pulmonary TB. Sputum positive TB was established in 83.6% cases. Adhesive process in the pleural cavity was detected using polypositional computed tomography (CT). We developed the algorithm for radiographic monitoring of AP and detecting adhesive process in the pleural cavity. We established pleural adhesion in 70.3% cases; thoracocaustic was performed in 52.6% cases, with 100.0% effectiveness of AP. In 47.4% cases thoracocaustic was not administered to the patients with adhesive process; out of them 55.5% had effective AP, 16.6% – partially effective AP, and 27.9% – ineffective AP. Thus, polypositional CT demonstrated effectiveness in detecting adhesive process in the pleural cavity of TB patients.