Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 β€’ Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
adenopathy: M. tuberculosis ... pneumonia β€’ Cavitary ... Infectious Diseases ... ID_fellows #HIVAIDS ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
Cavitary Lesion ... latent TB s/p treatment ... #Cavitary #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Clinical ... #Pulmonary #Radiology
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
upper lobes due to infection ... pus within the cavity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Mycobacteria #NTM #Cavity
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 β€’ Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... spread of MTB infection ... drdevrad #Pulmonary #Tuberculosis ... #chest #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 β€’ Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 β€’
Pattern - Chest Radiology ... Opacities: β€’ Infectious ... Mycobacterium: Tuberculosis ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
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
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 #
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
her history of treatment ... for tuberculosis ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR # ... Oleothorax #NEJM
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 ... #SecondaryTB #Cavitary
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
virulent pyogenic infections ... granulomatous infection ... one month after treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #