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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacteria (NTM ... belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Pulmonary Disease: Clinical ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... Imaging, high res CT
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Infections • Mycobacterium ... with underlying lung ... mortality • Mycobacterium ... infection • Mycobacterium ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Lung Segment Anatomy Annotated on Chest CT
Right Lung:
 • Upper Lobe: Apical, Posterior, Anterior
 • Middle
Annotated on Chest CT ... Right Lung: • ... bronchopulmonary-segments-annotated-ct ... Segments #Chest #CT ... CTChest #pulmonary #clinical
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
throughout the lungs ... Infectious - Mycobacterium ... Tuberculosis, NTB ... pulmonary #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
with atypical mycobacterium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Mycobacteria #NTM
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
CAN YOU SEE ON CT ... segment or lobe of lung ... involving both lungs ... Bacterial, TB, NTM
Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
Sign on Chest CT ... leading into a lung ... #Vessel #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Halo Sign on Chest CT
 • SPN or mass surrounded by a circumferential GGO
 • DDx:
Sign on Chest CT ... sarcoidosis, mets to the lung ... #Halo #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis • Mycobacterium ... africanum • Mycobacterium ... infected with Mycobacterium ... mycobacterial infection (NTM ... characteristic features Clinical
Tree-in-Bud Sign on Chest CT
 • Multiple centrilobular nodules arranged in a linear branching pattern.
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Sign on Chest CT ... • DDx: NTM, atypical ... TreeInBud #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical