BACKGROUND: @entity378 is a disease that can involve every organ system. While @entity1907 is the most common presentation, @entity378 ( @entity378 ) is also an important clinical problem. The current study aimed to outline and compare the demographic and clinical features of @entity1907 cases in adults. METHODS: Medical records of 411 @entity1 (190 @entity1 , 221 @entity1 ) treated between January 2010 and July 2014 in provincial @entity378 control dispensary was retrospectively reviewed. Demographic and clinical characteristics were compared for @entity1907 cases. RESULTS: Of these 411 cases, 208 (50.6%) had @entity1907 ( @entity1907 ) and 203 were diagnosed with @entity378 ( @entity378 ) (49.4%). The average ages for @entity1907 and @entity378 groups were 33.00-27.00 and 31.00-29.75, respectively (p   =   0.513). @entity1 were more frequently affected by @entity1907 (59.6%), while @entity378 was more commonly detected in @entity1 (52.2%) (p   =   0.016). Main diagnostic modalities for @entity1907 were sputum/smear analyses (72.7%), clinical-radiological data (21.7%) and biopsy (6.1%); while biopsy (71.5%), sputum/fluid analysis (18.8%) and clinical-radiological data (4.9%) were used for confirming @entity378 (p   <   0.0019). The most common sites of @entity378 involvement were lymph nodes (39.4%), followed by pleura (23.6%), peritoneum (9.9%) and bone (7.4%). CONCLUSIONS: Extrapulmonary involvement of @entity378 is common and females are more likely to be affected. Increased clinical awareness is important since atypical presentations of the disease may constitute diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.

Comparative analysis of XXXX of 411 cases.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'Men', 'men'] @entity378 :: ('MESH:D014376', 'Disease') :: ['Tuberculosis', 'EPT', 'tuberculosis', 'EPTB', 'extrapulmonary tuberculosis'] @entity1907 :: ('MESH:D014397', 'Disease') :: ['pulmonary tuberculosis', 'PTB', 'pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis']
@entity1907 :: (MESH:D014397,Disease) :: ['pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis']
