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Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... Consolidation - Lobar ... - Innumerable, bilateral ... #Tuberculosis # ... clinical #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
and Culture • CXR ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... disease • Check CXR ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
and Culture • CXR ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... disease • Check CXR ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin Test ... Threshold for treatment ... TB • Abnormal CXR ... individuals #Tuberculosis ... Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
- Lobar or focal ... respond to the treatment ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Lobar #Diffuse
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
Neoplasm with lobar ... proteinaceous material ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
as data on new treatment ... influenza) • CFR ... symptoms Imaging • CXR ... : hazy bilateral ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Here we have a patient with atelectasis of the right upper lobe as a result of
position of the left pulmonary ... as seen on the lateral ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... RUL #Collapse #Tuberculosis
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
her history of treatment ... for tuberculosis ... oleothorax — a treatment ... for pulmonary tuberculosis ... PCC #Radiology #CXR
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
necrosis (7-14 days later ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary