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Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... Consolidation - Lobar ... #Tuberculosis #TB ... #chest #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
- Lobar or focal ... For instance a lobar ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Lobar #Diffuse
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
and other non-pulmonary ... Lobar pneumonia ... interstitial lung disease ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Lobar #Consolidation
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
very important to differentiate ... In chronic disease ... Neoplasm with lobar ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... pain at thoracic/lumbar ... tissue damage - CXR
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... Treponema, Listeria, TB ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... #algorithm
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
heart failure, COPD ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... Fungal, AFB), TB ... Infectious Diseases ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Connective tissue diseases ... • Infection: TB ... Physical stigmata of cor ... disease Complications ... #differential #
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... ) • CXR upright ... westermani • Other: TB ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Here a typical lobar consolidation.
First study the images, then continue reading.
The findings are:
increased density with ill-defined
Here a typical lobar ... air-bronchogram Lobar ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram ... #LLL #Lobar #Pneumonia