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Notice the cavitation especially on the right.
In the left upper lobe there is probably some traction-bronchiectasis
#Clinical #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Tuberculosis # ... TB #Active #SecondaryTB ... #RadiologyAssistant
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
which can cause pulmonary ... disease resembling TB ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... AirFluidLevel #RadiologyAssistant
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
PMH of latent TB ... s/p treatment and ... #Cavitary #CXR ... ChestXRay #Clinical #Pulmonary ... #Radiology #AirFluidLevel
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
involvement - seeding ... and Culture • CXR ... Treatment: Active ... disease • Check CXR ... #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
involvement - seeding ... and Culture • CXR ... Treatment: Active ... disease • Check CXR ... #Management #Treatment
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
first with the CXR ... Cavity in the right ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Tuberculosis ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
On the CXR it is ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Cavitary # ... SecondaryTB #RadiologyAssistant
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
small airways leading ... to pulmonary cyst ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax ... #RadiologyAssistant
Here we have a patient with atelectasis of the right upper lobe as a result of
as a result of TB ... position of the left pulmonary ... arrow) #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #RUL #Collapse ... #Tuberculosis #
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
infection like TB ... one month after treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... CavitaryPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant