History
The patient’s medical histories, including history and present history,
are crucial for the Diagnosis of TBCP, especially for the patients with
an obvious constriction symptom and unclear etiology. When the
constriction is the first symptom, whether the patient is in an
epidemiologically high-risk area of TB and/or HIV has a tremendous,
supportive effect on the diagnosis. At the same time, we know that many
factors/diseases can lead to CP, such as uremia, SLE, rheumatoid
arthritis, cardiac surgery, mediastinal radiotherapy, and viral
infection, etc. These related factors/diseases are also helpful for
differential diagnosis. Moreover, such clinical features like low fever,
night-sweats, and weight-loss should be valued.