Abstract

ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND:
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious global problem. It remains the number one killer infectious disease in developing countries. The clinical manifestations of TB could be either Pulmonary or Extra pulmonary (EPTB).
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis involves relatively inaccessible sites, and often, because of the vulnerability of the areas involved, much greater damage can be caused by fewer bacilli..In 2007 in the United States, 20% of newly reported cases of tuberculosis involved extrapulmonary sites only In order of frequency, the extrapulmonary sites most commonly involved in TB are the lymph nodes, pleura, genitourinary tract, bones and joints, meninges, peritoneum, and pericardium. However, virtually all organ systems may be affected.
OBJECTIVE:
This study was done to identify the Characteristics of extra pulmonary TB cases.
METHODS :
A cross sectional study was done in the specialized center for chest and respiratory disease in Baghdad and respiratory department in the early cancer detection center during the period 9th of January 2011 – 9th of June 2011.
Any patient attending the specialized center for chest and respiratory disease in Baghdad during the study period diagnosed as a new case of extrapulmonary TB was enrolled in this study, also Any patient attending respiratory department in the early cancer detection center during the study period diagnosed as a new case of extrapulmonary TB was enrolled in this study.
A total number of 70 TB patients were enrolled in this study. 35 male TB cases and 35 female TB cases
RESULTS:
In the male group 20 cases (57%) with pleural TB, 2 cases (5.7%) with uveitis-eye TB, 2 cases (5.7%) with pericarditis TB , 2 cases (5.7%) with orchitis TB , 2 cases (5.7%) with meningitis TB , 2 cases (5.7%) with miliray TB , 2 cases (5.7%) with skin TB , 2 cases (5.7%) with LN TB , and 1 case (2.85%) had osteoarticular TB.
In the female group 17 cases (48.5%) had pleural TB , 7 cases (20%) with LN TB , 4 cases (11.4%) with osteoarticular TB , 4 cases (11.4%) had peritonitis TB , 1 case (2.85%) had thyroid TB , 1 case (2.85%) had salpingitis TB , and 1 case (2.85%) with breast TB.
CONCLUSION:
Pleural TB cases consist of more than half the extrapulmonary TB cases , and LN , osteoarticular and peritoneal TB cases consist of about quarter of the extrapulmonary TB cases , while all other cases form the remnant quarter