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Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... In the lower zones ... #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay ... #labeled #pulmonary
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... of bacilli to bone ... : - MRI is modality ... tissue damage - 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
fibrotic lesions ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... #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
fibrotic lesions ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Progressive URI ... sliding: Pulmonary ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound
Galaxy Sign on Chest CT
 • Coalescent granuloma with a central dense mass and tiny peripheral
Sarcoidosis, progressive massive ... fibrosis, active ... Galaxy #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
a patient with long ... in the upper zones ... The differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
histologic pattern of pulmonary ... fibrosis. ... to confirm the diagnosis ... pattern at the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
DDX Tb meningitis ... of prior silent pulmonary ... deoxycholate, massive ... #Brain #clinical ... #radiology