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Notice the cavitation especially on the right.
In the left upper lobe there is probably some traction-bronchiectasis
the left upper lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Tuberculosis # ... TB #Active #SecondaryTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
infection • Pulmonary ... Progression: • Upper lobe ... Active TB: • ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check 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
infection • Pulmonary ... Progression: • Upper lobe ... Active TB: • ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Normal Hilar Anatomy on Chest X-Ray
The hilum is 95% vessels and while it is not important
Normal Hilar Anatomy ... branches and the pulmonary ... drdevrad #Hilar #Anatomy ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical #radiology
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... #Tuberculosis # ... TB #Patterns #chest ... xray #clinical #radiology ... #CXR
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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signs/symptoms of active ... pulmonary TB PE ... tissue damage - CXR ... should be done in ALL ... for concomitant pulmonary
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
first with the CXR ... are: Widespread ill-defined ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Active #SecondaryTB
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
which can cause pulmonary ... disease resembling TB ... a patient with active ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Miliary TB: random ... a patient with active ... TB. 7. ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Here we have a patient with atelectasis of the right upper lobe as a result of
as a result of TB ... position of the left pulmonary ... arrow) #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #RUL #Collapse ... #Tuberculosis #