LATE RESULTS OF TREATMENT OF THE SOLITARY DENSE TUBERCULOUS PULMONARY FOCUS (TUBERCULOMA) WITHOUT RESECTION OR CHEMOTHERAPY

Abstract

After prolonged observation, there is about 1 chance in 4 of progression of disease when pulmonary tuberculosis is characterized by 1 or more solitary, dense, circumscribed foci (tuberculomas) and has been treated without chemotherapy, resection or permanent collapse. Severe or fatal progressions of such lesions have been rare.