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Notice the cavitation especially on the right.
In the left upper lobe there is probably some traction-bronchiectasis
#Clinical #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Tuberculosis #TB #Active ... #SecondaryTB #Cavitary ... TractionBronchiectasis #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In daily clinical ... Views of the upper lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization ... Redistribution #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 ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
attached to the chest ... airways leading to pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis #LAM #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 ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
lobeles with ground ... as opposed to secondary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #TB #Active #SecondaryTB ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
even within each lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... Alveolar #Pulmonary ... Gravity #Dependent #RadiologyAssistant
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
active disease ... On the CXR it is ... the left upper lobe ... #TB #Cavitary #SecondaryTB ... #RadiologyAssistant
Previous normal chest x-ray (left) and CHF stage II with perihilar haze (right). On the left
Previous normal chest ... diameter of the pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #Thickening #RadiologyAssistant