[Some clinical and radiographic features of tuberculosis in young adults and its early diagnosis].

Clinical and X-ray findings were analyzed in 123 patients aged 18-35 years who suffered from primary tuberculosis. Adenopathy was infrequently encountered and in most patients it appeared as multiple pulmonary forms. Some specific features were revealed. There were seldom limited processes and predominantly exudative and necrotic forms involving mainly the lower lobe. The characteristic features were the frequent involvement of the sixth segment of one or two lungs in the process and the upper-lobar tuberculosis. In 79.7% of the examinees, areas of tuberculous lymphangitis were defined, which preceded the process in some patients or accompanied it or were identified after resorption of parenchymatous changes in other patients. The above specific features of pulmonary processes may be useful for early diagnosis of primary diagnosis in young adults.