SIGNIFICANCE OF HEMOPTYSIS IN APPARENTLY INACTIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
- 1 September 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 41 (3) , 479-486
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-3-479
Abstract
Twenty-one patients out of 123 with apparently inactive pulmonary tuberculosis had attacks of hemoptysis. The hemoptysis signified relapse of the tuberculosis in only three. In 13 the cause of the pulmonary hemorrhage could not be determined. In others, the hemorrhage was due to pneumonia, pneumonitis, new growth, and nontuberculous lesions in the bronchial mucosa. In instances of hemoptysis unexplained after careful study, it seems safe to permit asymptomatic patients to resume usual activity within a week or two after cessation of pulmonary hemorrhage.Keywords
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