The Review of Misdiagnosis in Surgical Chest Diseases

진단 곤란했던 흉부질환에 대한 검토

The author reviewed 36 cases of misdiagnosis in 533 cases of Surgical chest diseases which were operated during past 5 years in Department of Thoracic Surgery in Busan University Hospital. The detail of cases are as follows; 11 of 162 cases in pulmonary tuberculosis, 5 of 133 cases in empyema, 3 of 29 cases of mediastinal tumor and 7 of 155 cases of miscellaneous. rate of misdiagnosis in all cases was 6.5%. The author further discussed the factor of misdiagnosis in these cases and some diseases which were needed differential diagnosis.