The records of autopsies and history cases of deceased patients served as a material for analyzing the quality of clinical diagnosis of tuberculosis in 1987-1997. A hundred and eighty and six patients (39.1%) were autopsied. Of them 139 (74.7%) and 47 (25.3%) died from tuberculosis and other diseases, respectively. Tuberculosis and its complications were recognized in 113 (81.3%) patients during their life. Fibrocavernous tuberculosis was a prevalent clinical form in 104 (55.9%) of the deceased. Progressive tuberculosis, more commonly as complications of cavernous tuberculosis (in 49 (35.2%) patients) and those of hematogenic generalization (in 23 (16.5%)) were a direct cause of death in most tuberculosis patients (n = 72 (51.8%)).