以往渗出性胸膜炎以青年人多见。近年来老年结核患病率逐年上升,且老年患者此病常易与他病混淆。为探讨老年结核性渗出性胸膜炎的临床特点,木文对老年患者和青年患者的临床资料加以对照分析。对象和方法 1979～1986年我院收治60岁以上的结核性渗出性胸膜炎40例,并取同期30岁以下本病青年患者75例为对照组。诊断依据:有结核中毒症状;经旧结核菌素试验(OT);痰及胸水的 Exudative pleurisy in the past more common in young people. In recent years, the prevalence of tuberculosis in the elderly increases year by year, and the elderly patients with this disease often easily confused with his disease. In order to explore the clinical characteristics of elderly patients with tuberculous exudative pleurisy, the clinical data of elderly patients and young patients were analyzed. Objects and Methods Forty cases of tuberculous exudative pleurisy over 60 years old were treated in our hospital from 1979 to 1986, and 75 cases of young patients under the age of 30 under the same age were selected as the control group. Diagnosis is based on: tuberculosis poisoning symptoms; old tuberculin test (OT); sputum and pleural effusion