Pulmonary tuberculosis: a multifaceted disease.
One reason for the increasing misdiagnosis of tuberculosis in adults is the fact that one of every three patients may present with a roentgenographic pattern considered atypical for the disease. In this article a number of such atypical patterns--pleural manifestations, nodular forms of the disease, and infiltrates in unusual locations--are discussed and illustrated by means of case summaries. Awareness of these variations would help in the diagnosis of tuberculosis, which is progressively becoming a responsibility of physicians involved in primary care.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging