Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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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
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
disease resembling TB ... upper lobes due to infection ... pus within the cavity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Primairy TB is usually clinically silent.
In 5% of infected individuals the immunity is inadequate and clinically
of the latent infection ... On the CXR it is ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Tuberculosis ... #TB #Cavitary #
Cicacitration atelectasis
Atelectasis can be the result of fibrosis of lungtissue.
This is seen after radiotherapy and in
and in chronic infection ... , especially TB. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Radiation
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 ... A CXR some years ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 β€’ Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
spread of MTB infection ... #Tuberculosis #TB ... #chest #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
virulent pyogenic infections ... like TB, cavities ... one month after treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Here another patient with a mycobacterium infection.
Notice the nodules with cavitation #Clinical #Radiology #CXR #NonTuberculosis #Mycobacteria
mycobacterium infection ... with cavitation #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... Mycobacteria #NTM #Cavity
Unilateral pleural calcifications are usually due to:
- infection (TB)
- empyema
- hemorrhagic #Clinical #Radiology #CXR #Pleural #Plaques
usually due to: - infection ... (TB) - empyema ... - hemorrhagic #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection ... a person with infectious ... HIV-infected persons with clinical ... opportunistic #infections ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology