Items tagged “tb”

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Renal tuberculosis

Renal tuberculosis, a subset of genitourinary tuberculosis, accounts for 15-20% of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis and can result in varied and striking radiographic appearances.  Tuberculosis can involve both the renal parenchyma and the collecting system (calyces, renal pelvis, ureter, bladder a...
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Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis

Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis, also known as scrofula and king's evil, continues to be seen in endemic areas and in the industrialised world particularly among the immunocompromised. Epidemiology Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis is the most common manifestation of extrapulmonary tubercu...
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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (commonly abbreviated to TB, short for tubercle bacillus) encompasses an enormously wide disease spectrum affecting multiple organs and body systems predominantly caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A small proportion can also be caused by Mycobacterium bovis through ...
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Tuberculous otomastoiditis

Tuberculous otomastoiditis is an uncommon form of acute otomastoiditis that occurs secondary to tuberculosis infection, although its frequency is increasing as a result of greater population of immunocompromised patients. Clinical presentation Classically it is described as presenting with pa...
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Tuberculous neck nodes

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 07 May 2008
86% complete
CT
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Tuberculoma with hydrocephalus

  Diagnosis possible
G Balachandran
Published 27 Dec 2008
45% complete
CT
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Tuberculous abscess

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 09 Apr 2009
83% complete
CT
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Tuberculous discitis, osteomyelitis and paravertebral abscess

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 11 Jun 2009
95% complete
CT X-ray MRI
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Pulmonary tuberculosis

  Diagnosis possible
Hani Makky Al Salam
Published 18 Nov 2009
39% complete
X-ray CT
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Thoracoplasty

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 22 Jan 2010
88% complete
X-ray
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Tuberculous mediastinal abscess

  Diagnosis almost certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 28 Jan 2010
65% complete
X-ray CT
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Advanced pulmonary tuberculosis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Natalie Yang
Published 15 Feb 2010
65% complete
CT X-ray
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Tuberculosis (intracranial manifestations)

Tuberculosis of the central nervous system can result from either hematogenous spread from distant systemic infection (e.g. pulmonary tuberculosis) or direct extension from local infection (e.g. tuberculous otomastoiditis). Intracranial manifestations of tuberculosis are protean and can affect ...
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Tuberculosis (pulmonary manifestations)

Pulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis are varied and depend in part whether the infection is primary or post-primary. The lungs are the most common site of primary infection by tuberculosis and are a major source of spread of the disease and of individual morbidity and mortality. A general d...
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Pulmonary tuberculosis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 18 Feb 2010
75% complete
X-ray
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Tuberculous leptomeningitis (gross pathology)

  Diagnosis certain
Yale Rosen
Published 18 Feb 2010
72% complete
Pathology
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Miliary tuberculosis (pathology)

  Diagnosis certain
Yale Rosen
Published 18 Feb 2010
68% complete
Pathology
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Ghon lesion

A Ghon lesion, sometimes called a Ghon focus, represents a tuberculous caseating granuloma (tuberculoma) and represents a sequela of primary pulmonary tuberculosis infection. Terminology Radiologically, this term is used quite loosely to refer to a calcified granuloma; technically, the Ghon le...
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Ranke complex (tuberculosis)

Ranke complex is seen in 'healed' primary pulmonary tuberculosis and is a later manifestation of the Ghon complex. It consists of two components: a Ghon lesion that has undergone calcification an ipsilateral calcified mediastinal node It is important to note that a Ranke complex is not specif...
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Tuberculosis - Ghon lesion (gross pathology)

  Diagnosis certain
Yale Rosen
Published 19 Feb 2010
60% complete
Pathology

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