Tuberculosis

Case contributed by Liz Silverstone
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Pain

Patient Data

Age: 90 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

Coarse focal calcification left apex.

Sheet-like right pleural calcification.

Dense calcification left kidney?

Coarse calcification over sacrum.

ct

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:

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