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<journal-id>1028-9933</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Información Científica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. inf. cient.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1028-9933</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Guantánamo]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1028-99332020000500425</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Aspectos clínico-imagenológicos de pacientes diagnosticados con tuberculosis extrapulmonar, La Habana 2016-2019]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical and imaging aspects of the patients diagnosed with extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Havana 2016-2019]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Donel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez-Yanes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yailier]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernández-García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio]]></given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz-Toledo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manuel]]></given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz-Garrido]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Drialis]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico &#8220;Hermanos Ameijeiras&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Neumológico Benéfico Jurídico  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>99</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>425</fpage>
<lpage>434</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1028-99332020000500425&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1028-99332020000500425&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1028-99332020000500425&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  La tuberculosis extrapulmonar muestra una complejidad diagnóstica que influye sobre la morbilidad y mortalidad.  Objetivo:  Caracterizar desde una perspectiva clínico-imagenológica a los pacientes diagnosticados con tuberculosis extrapulmonar, en el Hospital Neumológico Benéfico Jurídico de La Habana, en el período 2016-2019.  Método:  Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, retrospectivo y transversal en 34 pacientes con diagnóstico de tuberculosis extrapulmonar. Las variables medidas fueron: edad, sexo, factores de riesgo para padecer la enfermedad, síntomas y signos clínicos, hallazgos radiológicos, métodos diagnósticos utilizados y su localización.  Resultados:  Predominaron pacientes del sexo masculino con edad entre 26 a 35 años (29,4 %). El 73,5 % de los pacientes presentó factores de riesgos para esta enfermedad, los más frecuentes fueron: ser contactos de pacientes con tuberculosis (29,4 %), los exreclusos (17,6 %) y los alcohólicos (14,7 %). El 58,8 % presentó fiebre y síntomas o signos generales como anorexia (44,1 %), pérdida de peso (41,2 %) y astenia (38,2 %). El hallazgo radiológico más común fue el derrame pleural (47 %) y la forma extrapulmonar más frecuente dada por 15 casos (44,1 %) fue la pleuritis tuberculosa. El método clínico-radiológico posibilitó el diagnóstico en el 50 % de los pacientes.  Conclusiones: Las manifestaciones clínicas más evidentes fueron la fiebre, la pérdida de peso y la astenia. El método diagnóstico clínico-radiológico es el más utilizado y el hallazgo radiológico más reportado es el derrame pleural. La localización pleural es la forma extrapulmonar más frecuente.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis shows a complexity that can influence in its morbidity and mortality rates.  Objective: To characterize the patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis from a clinical-imaging perspective in the Hospital Neumológico Benéfico Jurídico in Havana in the period 2016-2019.  Method: A descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study was carried out in 34 patients with the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. The variables taken into account were: age, gender, risk factors for the disease, symptoms and clinical signs, radiological findings, diagnosis methods used, and location.  Results: Male patients with ages ranging between 26 to 35 years predominated in the study (29.4%). 73.5% of the patients presented risk factors of the disease, being most common: contact of previous tuberculosis patients (29.4%), ex-inmates (17.6%) and alcoholics (14.7%). 58.8% of the patients presented fever and general symptoms like anorexia (44.1%), weight loss (41.2%) and asthenia (38.2%). The most common radiological finding was pleural effusion (47%), and the most frequent extrapulomary form of the disease was tuberculous pleurisy (15 cases representing a 44.1%). The clinical-radiological method made diagnose possible in 50% of the patients.  Conclusions: The most common clinical manifestations were fever, weight loss and asthenia. The clinical-radiological method is the most frequently used, and the most frequent radiological finding was the pleural effusion. Pleural location was the most common extrapulmonary form of tuberculosis.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]></kwd>
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