[Spontaneous pneumothorax and active pulmonary tuberculosis].

We report three HIV-negative patients with spontaneous pneumothorax as clinical manifestation of active tuberculosis acute chest pain and dyspnea was the cause of admission. Chest roentgen grams showed lung collapse and parenchymal cavitation in two of therm and hydropneumothorax in the other. Outcome was favorable with antituberculous drug therapy and placement of chest tube. Although spontaneous pneumothorax is frequent in fibrosis pulmonary tuberculosis, it seldom complicated active tuberculosis in spite of increase of its incidence.