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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 ... TractionBronchiectasis #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
miliary TB Secondary ... extrapulmonary Secondary ... Progression: • Upper lobe ... 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
miliary TB Secondary ... extrapulmonary Secondary ... Progression: • Upper lobe ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
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 ... #Tuberculosis # ... TB #Active #SecondaryTB ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
and clinically active ... the left upper lobe ... #Tuberculosis # ... TB #Cavitary #SecondaryTB ... #RadiologyAssistant
Here we have a patient with atelectasis of the right upper lobe as a result of
the right upper lobe ... position of the left pulmonary ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... RUL #Collapse #Tuberculosis ... Tracheal #Deviation #RadiologyAssistant
In this illustration the lower lobe arteries are coloured blue because they contain oxygen-poor blood.
They have
illustration the lower lobe ... level of the main pulmonary ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... PulmonaryVeins #RadiologyAssistant