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Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
Left lower lobe ... this is lower lobe ... see the lower lobe ... the atelectatic lobe ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
the right upper lobe ... later on the right ... shows: Right upper lobe ... In left upper lobe ... #TB #Active #SecondaryTB
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
Right middle lobe ... of the middle lobe ... mimick a middle lobe ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #Lobar #Collapse
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
the left upper lobe ... overinflation of the lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
disease resembling TB ... a patient with active ... in both upper lobes ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Right upper lobe atelectasis
Findings:
1) triangular density
2) elevated right hilus
3) obliteration of the retrosternal clear space (arrow)
Right upper lobe ... the retrosternal clear ... space (arrow) #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #RUL #Lobar #Collapse
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
the left upper lobe ... atelectasis of the lower lobe ... of the middle lobe ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #Luftsichel #Sign
Here we have a patient with atelectasis of the right upper lobe as a result of
the right upper lobe ... as a result of TB ... the left upper lobe ... as seen on the lateral ... #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
Progression: • Upper lobe ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
Right lower lobe ... collapsed lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... RLL #Lobar #Collapse