9 results
Urinary Tract Tuberculosis - Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed mild dilatation of the
Urinary Tract Tuberculosis ... bacilli (Panel D) #Clinical ... CT #Urogenital #Tuberculosis ... AcidFastBacilli #Microscopy ... #NEJM
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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- Diagnosis and ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... for concomitant pulmonary ... of AFB by smear microscopy
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... of diagnosing and ... TB AFB smear microscopy ... standard • Liquid and ... used to exclude pulmonary
Macroglossia in Light-Chain Amyloidosis- Physical examination revealed macroglossia, with indentations from the teeth (Panel A)...A biopsy
was performed, and ... under polarized microscopy ... #amyloidosis #clinical ... #photo #AL #lightchain ... #NEJM
Disseminated Cutaneous Blastomycosis- A fungal culture of skin tissue was negative; however, a skin biopsy showed
Disseminated Cutaneous ... neutrophilic abscesses, and ... of disseminated cutaneous ... #clinical #photo ... #derm #NEJM #cutaneous
Cutaneous Actinomycosis - the left knee was noted to have edema, erythema, hyperpigmentation, hyperkeratinization, and several
Cutaneous Actinomycosis ... organism (Panel C) #Clinical ... Pathology #Rash #Cutaneous ... SplendoreHoeppli #Microscopy ... #NEJM
Tuberculosis of the Finger- ...Physical examination of the affected finger revealed soft-tissue swelling, with erythema and
Tuberculosis of ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... #clinical #photo ... #NEJM #Fite #stain ... mycobacterium #tuberculosis
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
empyema, hemothorax, and ... treatment for pulmonary ... tuberculosis, abandoned ... #Clinical #PCC # ... CXR #Oleothorax #NEJM
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... Disease: • 10%-15% Pulmonary ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... skin (xerosis) • Cutaneous ... lubricants • Pharmacologic