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Table 2 Bronchoscopic, histopathologic and microbiologic features of patients

From: Endobronchial tuberculosis: histopathological subsets and microbiological results

Types

n (%)

Histopathology of bronchial biopsy

BL positivity AFB stain Culture

n (%)

n (%)

Edematous,hyperemic

8 (34.7)

Caseating Granulomatous Inflammation

1 (12.5)

2 (25)

Tumorous

5 (21.7)

Caseating Granulomatous Inflammation

1 (20)

2 (40)

Granular

4 (17.3)

Caseating Granulomatous Inflammation

3 (75)

3 (75)

Caseating

4 (17.3)

Caseating Granulomatous Inflammation

1 (25)

2 (50)

Fibrostenotic

1 (4.3)

Caseating Granulomatous Inflammation

0

0

Nonspecific Bronchitic

1 (4.3)

Caseating Granulomatous Inflammation

0

0

Total

23

 

6 (26.1)

9 (39.1)

  1. Table1 legend – AFB, Acid-fast bacilli; BL, Bronchial Lavage.