Contribution of computed tomography guided percutaneous drainage of tuberculous cold abscesses adjunctive to pharmaceutical anti-tubercular treatment.

Purpose: To determine the efficiency and safety of the percutaneous aspiration and drainage of rare touberculous cold abscesses under CT guidance.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively studied 63 cases of 44 patients, treated in our hospital during the last two years. They suffered from tuberculous infection complicated with tuberculous cold abscesses variously located.