[Clinico-anatomic correlations in active forms of tuberculosis]

Basing on 1957 autopsies of the patients with active forms of TB that has been incorrectly diagnosed either intravitally, or postmortEM, the authors distinguish 5 forms of discrepancy between the pathoanatomical and clinical diagnoses. Thus, spread progressive TB was primarily diagnosed postmortem in 12.3%; the discrepancy of the diagnoses in form, stage, specific TB complications was found in 46.5%; "pseudo-diagnosis" of TB was made in 1.7%; the difference in the diagnoses concerning the associated diseases was noted in 26.6%; no information on TB in the pathoanatomical diagnosis when death occurred of other diseases and accidents was found in 12.9%. To improve the intravital and postmortal diagnosis of TB the authors recommend to organize a course of lectures on TB for different specialists, as well as to introduce special cards of emergency to be sent by the pathologic anatomists and medicolegal experts to the antituberculous dispensaries.