Aspirated foreign bodies in the respiratory tract of children: eleven years experience with 127 patients.

During 10 years, 127 children were admitted to the pediatric ward because of aspiration of foreign bodies (0.56% of all admissions). Eighty-one percent of the children were under 3 years of age.

Increased incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in chronic interstitial lung disease.

Of 162 patients with chronic interstitial lung disease, eight (seven of them male) had active tuberculosis. This was 4.5 times higher than the incidence in the general population.

Changing pattern of lung tuberculosis.

In 46 (20%) of 233 consecutive patients with active lung tuberculosis, the localization of the tuberculous process was unusual. The majority of patients (81%) were greater than 40 years of age. Men predominated in the usual localized tuberculosis group, whereas women predominated in the group with unusual localized tuberculosis (UNLT).