[Acute tuberculous pneumonias (exudative and caseous)]

Clinical, x-ray and morphological characteristics are presented for acute tuberculous pneumonia in 56 patients. The diagnosis was established intravitally in 33, postmortem in 23 of them. The disease started acutely and terminated fulminantly in all the patients. A morphological study stated predominance of exudative-necrotic reaction without phasic and productive changes, the presence of M. tuberculosis in the tissues.