A total of 177 tuberculosis cases of individuals not infected with human immunodeficiency virus diagnosed during the years 1984-1990 at the Helsinki University Central Hospital were reviewed retrospectively to compare the clinical presentation of tuberculosis in patients immunocompromised because of treatment (n = 35) with patients with other underlying conditions (n = 60) and with those without known predisposing factors (n = 82). In immunosuppressed patients compared with other patients, tuberculosis was more frequently disseminated (40% vs. 12%, P