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Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
- Air-fluid level ... #Tuberculosis #TB ... #Patterns #chest ... #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... decubitus - air fluid level ... westermani • Other: TB ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
abscess Primary ... characteristic features Clinical ... : • Fever • Weight ... 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
abscess Primary ... characteristic features Clinical ... : • Fever • Weight ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... (elevations of liver ... Disease: Clinical ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... Disease: • Clinical
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... old calcified empyema ... treatment for pulmonary ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR #
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... aches, joint pain, chest ... normal glucose level ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... change in the lungs
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
an abscess may ... the consolidated lung ... be seen on the chest ... like TB, cavities ... #Clinical #Radiology
Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
tomography of the chest ... revealed multiple pulmonary ... , and multiple liver ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... Skin exam for infection ... Change in clinical ... change CV risk Chest ... unless prior heart/lung