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Post primary pulmonary tuberculosis

Case contributed by Evangelos Skondras
Diagnosis almost certain

Patient Data

Age: 35 years
Gender: Male

Apical pleural thickening and scarring, cavitation, tree-in-bud opacities and peribronchiolar thickening

Case Discussion

Typical distribution of post primary pneumonic tuberculosis with cavity formation and endobrochial spread of caseous intracavitary material throughout the right upper lobe (minor lesion coexist in the peribronchovascular bundle).

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