REVERSIBLE CYSTIC-DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS - RADIOLOGIC FINDINGS

PURPOSE: The authors describe radiologic findings of cystic lung disea se associated with pulmonary tuberculosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thre e immunocompetent women with pulmonary tuberculosis were seen with acu te respiratory failure and diffuse bilateral pulmonary opacity depicte d at admission chest radiography. The women did not have acquired immu nodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS. They were aged 26, 27, and 52 years. R ESULTS: Follow-up radiography and computed tomography showed multiple air-filled cystic lesions in both lungs, which disappeared almost comp letely after antituberculous chemotherapy (isoniazid, rifampin, ethamb utol hydrochloride, and pyrazinamide). CONCLUSION: Pulmonary tuberculo sis manifested with reversible multiple cystic lung disease in three i mmunocompetent patients.