A Case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Presenting as Multiple Nodular Opacities on a Chest X-Ray

Tuberculosis is widely prevalent in India. The presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis as multiple nodular opacities on a chest X-ray is very infrequent. We report such a case in a 30-year-old man, who presented with the complaints of dyspnea and responded to anti-tuberculosis treatment.

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Autores principales: Pande, Apurva, Guharoy, Dutiman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3893967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24479028
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.104996
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spelling pubmed-38939672014-01-29 A Case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Presenting as Multiple Nodular Opacities on a Chest X-Ray Pande, Apurva Guharoy, Dutiman J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Tuberculosis is widely prevalent in India. The presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis as multiple nodular opacities on a chest X-ray is very infrequent. We report such a case in a 30-year-old man, who presented with the complaints of dyspnea and responded to anti-tuberculosis treatment. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3893967/ /pubmed/24479028 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.104996 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short A Case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Presenting as Multiple Nodular Opacities on a Chest X-Ray
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3893967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24479028
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