Pulmonary tuberculosis: a common diagnosis at INER
Thursday, 27th October 2005
A 24 year old woman who presented at INER (Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias) at Mexico City complaining of shortness of breath, weight loss, and chronic cough. This image shows a classic radiographic appearance of pulmonary tuberculosis. An heterogeneous image with alveolar filling pattern and homogeneous opacity are observed at the right apex. Elevation of right hemidiaphragm due to atelectasia is also shown.
Gerardo Morales-Mora
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JonMikel, M.D.
Saturday, 5th November 2005 at 9:52 pm
About TB images. You can enter Flickr
You can also look at this pic, Or this other.
Regards,
Jon Mikel