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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis ... Diagnosis and Management ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... tissue damage - CXR ... involvement - CT
Urinary Tract Tuberculosis - Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed mild dilatation of the
Urinary Tract Tuberculosis ... bacilli (Panel D) #Clinical ... #Radiology #Pathology ... #Tuberculosis # ... AcidFastBacilli #Microscopy #NEJM
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Overview ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... #Management #Treatment
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... drdevrad #Pulmonary #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Patterns # ... chest #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Overview ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... #Management #Treatment
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
first with the CXR ... A CXR some years ... appreciated on a CT ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Tuberculosis
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Pattern - Chest Radiology ... Mycobacterium: Tuberculosis ... Pattern #Chest #Radiology ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Lucite-Ball Plombage on Chest CT
90yo treated for TB in 1940

Dr. David Feller-Kopman @dfellerk

#LuciteBall #Plombage #ChestCT #clinical
Plombage on Chest CT ... 90yo treated for TB ... Plombage #ChestCT #clinical ... #radiology #tuberculosis
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
clinically silent ... inadequate and clinically ... On the CXR it is ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Tuberculosis
Tuberculous Peritonitis- ...A computed tomographic scan obtained after the administration of contrast material showed a large
Tuberculous Peritonitis ... #clinical #NEJM ... #radiology #CT # ... laparoscopy #tuberculous ... #peritonitis #tuberculosis