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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
by the alveolar ... characteristic features Clinical ... Culture • CXR ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
by the alveolar ... characteristic features Clinical ... Culture • CXR ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases ... Clinical Signs ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... tissue damage - CXR ... for concomitant pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... non-pulmonary findings ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... filling of the alveoli ... #Radiology #CXR
On the left another patient with alveolar edema at admission, which resolved after treatment.
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another patient with alveolar ... resolved after treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
joint needs to be clinically ... Finger deformity caused ... PIP joint • Ortho ... #Hand #Orthopedics ... #MSK
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Abscess - Diagnosis and ... • Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #management #treatment
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
content of the alveoli ... lobar pneumonia caused ... respond to the treatment ... pneumonia (OP) and ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
After treatment ... redistribution of the pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema