Lungs TB active with cavitation (CXR)

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1. Findings


CXR – Cavitating Pneumonia – Left Upper Lobe
Frontal CXR of a 28-year-old immigrant with cough shows a cavitating pneumonia in the left upper lobe (magnified in the lower image)
Lab tests confirmed the diagnosis of TB and the patient was treated with RISE a 4-month treatment regimen of rifapentine-moxifloxacin for mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonVein.net 255Lu 136071c
CXR –TB Pneumonia – Left Upper Lobe
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