TB Research

Multiple Pulmonary Calssified Nodules and Cavitation Filled With the Dense Body on Chest X-Ray: A Case Report

Khosrow Agin, Marymo Sadat Moin Azad Tehrani, Bita Dadpour, Maryam Vahabzadeh, Babak Mostafazadeh

International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine · 2019-10

Abstract

Imaging in the clinical study has a significant value in medical diagnosing and the following diseases. The characteristic signs of imaging are a clue in approach to differential diagnosis. A conventional chest x-ray radiography is a more prevalent image used in the initial clinical assessment of pulmonary diseases. Iran is one of the 9 countries with a 95% burden of tuberculosis in the Eastern Mediterranian region. Chest radiography is the initial imaging for the evaluation of pulmonary tuberculosis.

MeSH terms

  • Medicine
  • Radiology
  • Radiography
  • Pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Differential diagnosis
  • Lung
  • Tuberculosis