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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
HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check 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
HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... appreciate on a cest ... in many cases UIP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
is a radiologic sign ... periphery of the lung ... In this case, pulmonary ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine ... #Cardiology #HamptonHump
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Nasal polyps and signs ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... , CCP, ANCA • HIV ... mycobacteria Treatment
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
latent TB s/p treatment ... Here is his original ... CXR Labeled ... #ChestXRay #Clinical ... #Pulmonary #Radiology
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Pattern - Chest Radiology ... throughout the lungs ... , Sarcoidosis, HSP ... differential #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Good example of 'shred sign' in a patient with fever, cough and shortness of breath. 

This
example of 'shred sign ... multifocal pneumonia on CXR ... #pneumonia #clinical ... #photo #ultrasound ... #lung #pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... - Imaging: • CXR ... legionella/strep, HIV ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary ... particularly at the lung ... pattern at the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular