Bronchoscopic Studies in Primary Tuberculosis in Childhood

Abstract

A study was carried out on the bronchial tuberculosis of the primary tubeculosis in childhood.
General anesthesia was used in 272 cases of children for bronchoscopy and bronchography.
A equipment for the intravenous general anesthesia with thiopental sodium was devised.
Lymph glands were recognized in 63.9% of primary tuberculosis, changes of the peribronchial and fistula between lymphatic gland and bronchus were found in 22.2% of primary tuberculosis.
The cause of epituberculosis was attributed to the lymphatic involvement resulting pulmonary athelectasis.