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PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

Multisystem disease, but pulmonary predominance

Common in this part of the world

Increasing drug resistance worldwide even to triple regime therapy

 

Radiological appearances

Typically in the upper lobes or apical segment of lower lobe

Consolidation with cavitation

May have associated volume loss

Mediastinal lymphadenopathy

Heals with fibrosis, calcification and pleural thickening

 

Prepared by Dr Ian Bickle, Consultant Radiologist, RIPAS Hospital, Brunei Darussalam.

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