Presentation
Pain
Patient Data
Age: 90 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Tuberculosis
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Coarse focal calcification left apex.
Sheet-like right pleural calcification.
Dense calcification left kidney?
Coarse calcification over sacrum.
From the case:
Tuberculosis
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Small right lung, sheet-like pleural calcification and extra-pleural fat proliferation.
Atrophic and densely calcified left kidney.
L4/L5 partial fusion with disc, extradural and pre-sacral calcification.
Case Discussion
These appearances indicate prior TB infection:
prior TB empyema
prior TB spondylodiscitis and paraspinal abscesses