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Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... thickening • Miliary ... nodules representing miliary ... #Tuberculosis # ... #chest #xray #clinical
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
Miliary Tuberculosis ... Clinical: ... Adrenal glands #Miliary ... #Tuberculosis # ... TB #Pulmonary #InfectiousDiseases
Random distribution of nodules in miliary tuberculosis #Clinical #Radiology #CTChest #Random #MiliaryTB #Miliary #RadiologyAssistant
of nodules in miliary ... tuberculosis #Clinical ... CTChest #Random #MiliaryTB ... #Miliary #RadiologyAssistant
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
bacteremia, and miliary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... Hematogenous spread -> Miliary ... Tuberculin skin test
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
bacteremia, and miliary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... Hematogenous spread -> Miliary ... Tuberculin skin test
Notice the cavitation especially on the right.
In the left upper lobe there is probably some traction-bronchiectasis
#Clinical #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Tuberculosis # ... TractionBronchiectasis #RadiologyAssistant
Miliary TB
This represents a hematogenous dissemination of infection and may occur in association with either primary
Miliary TB This ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Miliary ... #MiliaryTB #Tuberculosis ... #RadiologyAssistant
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... Radiology • Miliary ... Mycobacterium: Tuberculosis ... differential #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing ... has a positive TST ... result with no clinical ... used to exclude pulmonary ... Testing #Diagnosis #Workup
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Miliary TB: random ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant