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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
infection • Pulmonary fibrotic ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... : Active TB: • ... • Check CXR and
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
infection • Pulmonary fibrotic ... characteristic features Clinical ... Active TB: • ... : Active TB: • ... • Check CXR and
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... ) • CXR upright ... CT Lung Abscess ... westermani • Other: TB
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... Calcification (seen in CT ... #Silicosis #clinical ... #radiology #CXR ... #Chest #XRay #labeled
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
is a chronic interstitial ... lung disease with ... which is caused by disease ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #silicosis #clinical
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Infection: TB ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... mycobacteria Treatment
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
lung disease ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... Disease: • Clinical ... Imaging, high res CT
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
diameter are called lung ... malignancy, clinical ... The treatment of ... comorbidities, such as chronic ... coronary artery disease
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
increased B-cell activity ... granulomas within the lungs ... fibroblasts → fibrosis ... renal failure Clinical ... e.g. incidental CXR