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We present a case of an 80 yr old male patient who presented with chest pain, fever and hemoptysis with chest x-ray showing cavitation. [austinpublishinggroup.com]

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A characteristic rice Kris pies sensations were present over the swelling area. Surgical crepts were heard on auscultation. There was no mediastinal crunch. Classical cavernous type of breathing was present in right infraclavicular area. [lungindia.com]

• Weight Loss

  Symptoms may include fever, night sweats, and weight loss. It can be difficult to diagnose because the initial chest x-ray may be normal. [healthcommunities.com]

  For those patients of older age with smoking history, specific occupational or environmental exposures, and weight loss, the most common etiology is neoplasm. [the-hospitalist.org]

  It commonly affects individuals with weak immune system, infants, and elderly adults Individuals with Pulmonary Tuberculosis may present signs and symptoms including cough, fever, and weight loss. [dovemed.com]

  Even then the symptoms -- loss of weight, loss of energy, poor appetite, fever, a productive cough, and night sweats -- might easily be blamed on another disease. [emedicinehealth.com]

  Other symptoms of illness in MAC patients with nodular lung infections are low-grade fever, night sweats, loss of appetite (“I never get hungry), and mild weight loss. [maclungdisease.org]

• Malnutrition

  […] hide findings Tap on/off image to show/hide findings Post-primary TB Post-primary TB (secondary TB or reactivation TB) is more common in immunocompromised individuals – for example those with HIV/AIDS, those on immunosuppressing drugs, or those with malnutrition [radiologymasterclass.co.uk]

  […] or latently infected (asymptomatic, but with a positive skin test indicating specific immune system activation), certain conditions increase that person's risk of developing clinical disease: Diabetes mellitus Chronic renal failure Malabsorption or malnutrition [journalofethics.ama-assn.org]

  Poor health, crowded and unsanitary housing, malnutrition, and other illnesses can lower the body's defenses. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

  In general, case rates are highest in countries that have lower levels of economic development, higher levels of malnutrition, and overcrowding. In many African countries, more than half of those with tuberculosis are also infected with HIV. [clinicaladvisor.com]

  […] progressive primary TB, manifestations of which are identical to PPT. [9] PPT occurs in previously sensitized patients and results either from re-infection or from reactivation of dormant bacilli in primary infection (90% of cases) owing to immunosuppression, malnutrition [ijri.org]

• Cough

  He denied any history of violent coughing, trauma to chest, any lifting of heavy weight, violent vomiting or retching etc. [lungindia.com]

  Cough and difficulty breathing are less common. Generally, return of dormant tuberculosis infection occurs in the upper lungs. Symptoms include common cough with a progressive increase in production of mucus and coughing up blood. [emedicinehealth.com]

  In invasive aspergillosis, the clinical presentation consists of prolonged symptoms of productive cough, fever, malaise, and sometimes hemoptysis [ 19, 20 ]. [jbsr.be]

  Symptoms include productive cough, night sweats, fever, weight loss, and weakness. There may be hemoptysis (coughing up blood). Patients with cavitary TB are highly contagious. [healthcommunities.com]

  Patient had relief in his fever, cough and hemoptysis and his chest X-ray (Figure 2) also started showing resolution. But there was no significant improvement in his breathlessness and generalized weakness. [austinpublishinggroup.com]

• Pleural Effusion

  effusion in postprimary TB almost always means direct spread of the disease into the pleural cavity and should be regarded as an empyema —this carries a graver prognosis than the pleural effusion of the primary form Direct extension into the ribs or [learningradiology.com]

  Pleural involvement in postprimary pulmonary tuberculosis Pleural involvement is seen more commonly in postprimary tuberculosis than in primary infection. Pleural effusions may occur and may progress to empyema. [emedicine.medscape.com]

  Pleural effusion - Presence of a significant amount of fluid within the pleural space. [en.wikipedia.org]

  Pleural effusion may occur and is seen in 25 per cent of patients [ 15 ]. Miliary tuberculosis is hematogenous spread of disease, which presents as small, 2–3 mm sized nodules. [jbsr.be]

• Productive Cough

  Symptoms include productive cough, night sweats, fever, weight loss, and weakness. There may be hemoptysis (coughing up blood). Patients with cavitary TB are highly contagious. [healthcommunities.com]

  In invasive aspergillosis, the clinical presentation consists of prolonged symptoms of productive cough, fever, malaise, and sometimes hemoptysis [ 19, 20 ]. [jbsr.be]

  Back to the Case The patient’s fever and productive cough, in combination with recent travel and location of the cavitary lesion, increase his risk for tuberculosis and endemic fungi, such as Coccidioides. [the-hospitalist.org]

  Posteroanterior chest radiograph in an 83-year-old woman who was sent to the emergency department from her nursing home because of a recent history of productive cough, weight loss, and fatigue. [emedicine.medscape.com]

  A productive cough which is often blood-stained may also be present 1. Occasionally patients may present with massive hemoptysis due to an erosion of a bronchial artery 1,3. [radiopaedia.org]

• Dyspnea

  A 65-year-old female with dyspnea was admitted as her pneumonia was not improving despite treatment. The CT was performed with a suspicion of pulmonary embolism. [jbsr.be]

  Case Report A 29-year-old female patient presented to our department with symptoms of cough with expectoration, fever, dyspnea and occasional chest discomfort. [jacpjournal.org]

  Once the bacteria invade the space, the amount of fluid increases dramatically and compresses the lung, causing shortness of breath (dyspnea) and sharp chest pain that worsens with a deep breath (pleurisy). [healthcommunities.com]

  These symptoms occur along with respiratory complaints in patients with pulmonary TB, including: Chronic productive cough Hemoptysis Pleuritic chest pain Dyspnea Extrapulmonary TB also occurs, and its symptoms and signs depend on the particular organ [journalofethics.ama-assn.org]

  Patients presenting with refractory respiratory symptoms (persistent/recurrent cough, expectoration, hemoptysis, dyspnea), with or without prior history of ATT, need evaluation using CXR. [ijri.org]

• Chronic Cough

  A 71-year-old female with systemic lupus erythematosus for decades was admitted with increasing dyspnea and chronic cough, prompting a CT request. Thin-walled cysts are seen on the right and left sides (arrows). [jbsr.be]

  A: Patients with bronchiectasis as their risk factor usually present with chronic coughing and some amount of sputum. Sometimes the sputum is yellowish, greenish, or bloody, but most often is whitish to clear. [maclungdisease.org]

• Hypertension

  Cavitating lung lesions in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. J Radiol Case Rep. 2008;2(3):11-21. Woodring JH, Fried AM, Chuang VP. Solitary cavities of the lung: diagnostic implications of cavity wall thickness. [the-hospitalist.org]

  For these reasons, antituberculosis chemotherapy is both a personal and a public health measure that cannot be equated with the treatment of, for example, hypertension or diabetes mellitus, wherein the benefits largely accrue to the patient. [cdc.gov]

• Heart Disease

  […] title=Weekly_death_statistics#Data_sources Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case Massive study shows a long-term, substantial rise in risk of cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke, after a SARS-CoV-2 infection [worldaccordingtomatti.blog]

• Night Sweats

  Symptoms may include fever, night sweats, and weight loss. It can be difficult to diagnose because the initial chest x-ray may be normal. [healthcommunities.com]

  History of cough, fever, putrid sputum, night sweats, and weight loss may indicate subacute or chronic development of a lung abscess. Physical examination might be significant for signs of pneumonia and gingivitis. [the-hospitalist.org]

  sweats are common Takes weeks between the time of dissemination and the radiographic appearance of disease Considered to be a manifestation of primary TB–although clinical appearance of miliary TB may not occur for many years after initial infection [learningradiology.com]

  Even then the symptoms -- loss of weight, loss of energy, poor appetite, fever, a productive cough, and night sweats -- might easily be blamed on another disease. [emedicinehealth.com]

  The patient presented with a history of recent onset of coughing, as well as had a fever and night sweats. This image shows right-upper lung (RUL) bullous disease and suggests a left-lower lung (LLL) cavity. [emedicine.medscape.com]

The patient tried over the counter Tylenol which did not help his symptoms; after 3 days of fevers he came to the local Emergency Room for workup and treatment. [omicsonline.org]

The workup before the start of pirfenidone cases has not led to any suspicion of underlying PTB infection. Both cases suffered from pansensitive MTB and responded well to anti-TB treatment. [ijmyco.org]

Having a standard approach to the evaluation of a cavitary lung lesion can facilitate an expedited workup. [the-hospitalist.org]

• Skin Test Positive

  TB cases and tuberculin skin test-positive healthy donors have variant immune responses to MTB ( Mycobacterium tuberculosis ) antigens [ 2 – 3 ]. [journals.plos.org]

• Atelectasis

  Atelectasis may resolve as lymphadenopathy regresses with host response. A sudden resolution of atelectasis may represent perforation of an infected lymph node into the airway, which relieves the bronchial obstruction. [emedicine.medscape.com]

  […] age should strongly suggest TB Lymph node § Mostly unilateral hilar and/or paratracheal, usually right sided, rarely bilateral § Differentiates primary from postprimary TB—it does not occur in postprimary TB § Much more common in children · Airway · Atelectasis [learningradiology.com]

  Occasionally these nodes may be large enough to compress adjacent airways resulting in distal atelectasis 1. Pleural effusions are more frequent in adults, seen in 30-40% of cases, whereas they are only present in 5-10% of pediatric cases 1. [radiopaedia.org]

  Hilar or mediastinal lymphadenopathy ( bihilar lymphadenopathy ) - Enlargement of lymph nodes in one or both hila or within the mediastinum, with or without associated atelectasis or consolidation. [en.wikipedia.org]

  Complications of gangliopulmonary TB include perforation of an enlarged LN into a bronchus, bronchial compression due to adenopathy leading to retro-obstructive pneumonia, and/or atelectasis. [ijri.org]

• Pulmonary Infiltrate

  المحتويات Cellulitis and Abscesses 501 Infectious Diseases with Lymphadenopathy 505 Upper Respiratory Tract Infections 513 Bronchitis and Bronchiectasis 523 Acute Pneumonia 529 Cavitary Pulmonary Disease 539 Diffuse Pulmonary Infiltrates and Acute Respiratory [books.google.com]

  Results: The presence of diabetes mellitus was found not to have an effect on patients’ symptomatology, bacteriology results, tuberculin reaction and localization of pulmonary infiltrates. [karger.com]

• Bilateral Hilar Adenopathy

  Chest x-ray showing bilateral hilar adenopathy of primary pulmonary TB 6. Linear, interstitial disease (in children only) - Prominence of linear, interstitial (septal) markings. [en.wikipedia.org]

• Multiple Cavitary Lung Lesions

  This case was the first reported of multiple cavitary lung lesions in a patient with AOSD ruled out for active infection and Tuberculosis. [omicsonline.org]

• Acid-Fast Bacilli in the Sputum

  Over seven acid fast bacilli stains of sputum were negative in the setting of multiple cavitary lung lesions with high suspicion of active Tuberculosis. [omicsonline.org]

  Relationship between CT findings of pulmonary tuberculosis and the number of acid-fast bacilli on sputum smears. Clin Imaging .2004;28:119-123. Im JG, Itoh H, Shim YS, et al. [appliedradiology.com]

  2015/25/3/213/161431 The current guidelines for diagnosis of adult chest tuberculosis (TB) are based primarily on the demonstration of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) on sputum microscopy. [ijri.org]

  There are several potential explanations for this occurrence, including the possibilities that the acid-fast organisms are nontuberculous and difficult to culture, that they are nonviable tubercle bacilli, and that they are the result of laboratory error [cdc.gov]

• Pleural Effusion

  effusion in postprimary TB almost always means direct spread of the disease into the pleural cavity and should be regarded as an empyema —this carries a graver prognosis than the pleural effusion of the primary form Direct extension into the ribs or [learningradiology.com]

  Pleural involvement in postprimary pulmonary tuberculosis Pleural involvement is seen more commonly in postprimary tuberculosis than in primary infection. Pleural effusions may occur and may progress to empyema. [emedicine.medscape.com]

  Pleural effusion - Presence of a significant amount of fluid within the pleural space. [en.wikipedia.org]

  Pleural effusion may occur and is seen in 25 per cent of patients [ 15 ]. Miliary tuberculosis is hematogenous spread of disease, which presents as small, 2–3 mm sized nodules. [jbsr.be]

So the treatment is difficult, long, often complicated by toxic reactions, and requires support. Aims. The aim of the study was to assess the role of collapse therapy in modern treatment of CPTB. Methods. [erj.ersjournals.com]

For the individual, cavitary TB is associated with poor treatment outcomes, including delayed sputum culture conversion, relapse after treatment and development of drug resistance. [dmm.biologists.org]

A randomized trial comparing fluconazole with amphotericin B for the treatment of candidemia in patients without neutropenia. N Engl J Med 1994; 331:1325-1330. ‏ [books.google.com]

[…] of treatment and apparent cure). [cdc.gov]

What is the Prognosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis? (Outcomes/Resolutions) The prognosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis is good with treatment using medications, which are taken regularly and for the entire length of the prescribed period. [dovemed.com]

Atelectasis classically affects the anterior segments of the upper lobes or the medial segment of the RML · Pleura § Pleural effusion as a manifestation of primary TB occurs more often in adults than children § With appropriate treatment, it carries the best prognosis [learningradiology.com]

Treatment and prognosis Treatment is usually only in the setting of progressive primary tuberculosis, miliary tuberculosis or post-primary infection, and in general primary infections are asymptomatic. [radiopaedia.org]

Miliary TB Hover on/off image to show/hide findings Tap on/off image to show/hide findings Miliary TB Miliary TB is due to disseminated spread of mycobacterial infection It can occur either at the time of primary infection or on disease reactivation – prognosis [radiologymasterclass.co.uk]

Ollé Goig JE, Sandy R (2003) Prognosis of mono-and polydrug resistant pulmonary tubercolosis in the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Arch Bronconeumol 39:382–386 PubMed CrossRef Google Scholar 13. [link.springer.com]

Diagnosis of Noninfectious Causes Upon identification of a cavitary lung lesion, noninfectious etiologies must also be entertained. Noninfectious etiologies include malignancy, rheumatologic diseases, pulmonary embolism, and other causes. [the-hospitalist.org]

This in addition to multiple negative blood, urine and sputum cultures disfavors infectious etiology. [omicsonline.org]

Etiology Pulmonary cavities may be the result of malignancy, infection, inflammation, or be congenital: cavitating malignancy primary bronchogenic carcinoma (especially squamous cell carcinoma ) cavitating pulmonary metastases squamous cell carcinoma [radiopaedia.org]

Characteristics of the inner contour  Nodular or irregular –usually in case of neoplasms  Poorly defined /shaggy-corresponds with abscess  Smooth- cavitory lesions of other etiology 13. [slideshare.net]

Of interest to internists, infectious disease specialists, and residents in training, the book is structured to give the reader essential information about the etiology and pathogenesis of various infectious diseases, and focuses on the clinical issues [books.google.com]

A detailed presentation on HIV infection includes discussions of epidemiology, pathogenesis, immunology, clinical manifestations and antiviral treatment, as well as management of opportunistic infections. [books.google.com]

Global tuberculosis control-epidemiology, strategy, financing. 2009; 2. Vijayasekaran D, Selvakumar P, Balachandran A, Elizabeth J, Subramanyam L, Somu N. Pulmonary cavitatory tuberculosis in children. [pedinfect.com]

The chemotherapy and epidemiology of tuberculosis. I. Lancet 1962 ; 2 : 415 -72. 5. ↵ Fox W. The chemotherapy and epidemiology of tuberculosis. II. Lancet 1962 ; 2 : 473 -7. 6. ↵ Fox W. The scope of the controlled clinical trial. [cmaj.ca]

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease publishes articles on all aspects of lung health, including public health-related issues such as training programmes, cost-benefit analysis, legislation, epidemiology, intervention studies and [ingentaconnect.com]

Subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema- pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. Arch Intern Med 1984;144:1447-53. [ PUBMED ] [ FULLTEXT ] 2. Parker GS, Mosborg DA, Foley RW, Stiernberg CM. Spontaneous cervical and mediastinal emphysema. [lungindia.com]

The term necrotizing pneumonia typically is used when there are multiple smaller (smaller than 2 cm) associated lung abscesses, although both lung abscess and necrotizing pneumonia represent a similar pathophysiologic process and are along the same continuum [the-hospitalist.org]

It also has the fundamental advantage of longitudinal assessments to monitor disease progression in the same individual, which could also provide new insights into the pathophysiology of disease that are not feasible with conventional methods. [dmm.biologists.org]

The pathology and pathophysiology of mycobacterial infections. J Thorac Imaging 1990;5:8-16. 25. Leung AN. Pulmonary tuberculosis: The essentials. Radiology 1999;210:307-22. 26. Veedu PT, Bhalla AS, Vishnubhatla S, Kabra SK, Arora A, Singh D, et al. [ijri.org]

National Geographic. 10.12.2020. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/we-now-know-how-much-children-spread-coronavirus Confronting the pathophysiology of long covid. [worldaccordingtomatti.blog]

Preventive measures for different types of infections are also addressed. [books.google.com]

Pulmonary Tuberculosis is a preventable and curable infection. The preventive measures may include: Avoid contact with infected individuals, especially in closed and crowded areas. [dovemed.com]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published "Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Health Care Facilities." The document can be read on their web site at http://www.cdc.gov. Drugs. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]