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Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
which can cause pulmonary ... disease resembling TB ... Here a patient with ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... AirFluidLevel #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
diseases with a ... appearance in a ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Differential #Comparison #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Diagnosis and Management ... may range from a ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... tissue damage - CXR ... for concomitant pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
reactivation of a ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
low attenuation (table ... On a CXR the most ... CXR. ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
reactivation of a ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
diagnosis The table ... A way to think of ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #RadiologyAssistant
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
parenchyma by a ... Blood cultures • CXR ... radiograph shows a ... westermani • Other: TB ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Here we have a patient with atelectasis of the right upper lobe as a result of
upper lobe as a ... result of TB. ... position of the left pulmonary ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Tracheal #Deviation #RadiologyAssistant
In this illustration the lower lobe arteries are coloured blue because they contain oxygen-poor blood.
They have
They have a more ... level of the main pulmonary ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... PulmonaryVeins #RadiologyAssistant