Tuberc Respir Dis.  2007 Jul;63(1):67-71. 10.4046/trd.2007.63.1.67.

Unusual Presentation of Miliary Tuberculosis

• Ko KT
• Na DJ
• Han SH
• Jung SS
• Moon KM
• Kim DJ
• Lee YD
• Cho YS
• Han MS

• KMID: 1877319
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2007.63.1.67

Abstract

No abstract available.

Keyword

Miliary tuberculosis; Multiorgan; Immunocompetent

MeSH Terms

Tuberculosis, Miliary*

Figure

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  Figure 1 (A) Chest Radiograph shows fine nodular opacites bilaterally. (B) High Resolution CT shows numerous fine and discrete nodules bilaterally in a random distribution.

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  Figure 2 Abdomen CT shows an enhancing nodule within liver and a wedge-shaped low-attenuation lesion in spleen (A). At a slightly caudal level, a hypoattenuation lesion in left kidney (B).

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  Figure 3 Brain MRI reveals multiple enhancing nodules in cerebral, celebellar hemisphere, basal ganglia (A), and brain stem (B).

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