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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Classic adult type TB PA Chest radiograph, PA view, of an 18 year-old high school student exposed 4 years earlier to an infectious pulmonary tuberculosis patient. She was noncompliant with isoniazid prophylaxis. She now presents with cough for one month, fever and night sweats. PA radiograph shows right upper lobe apical and posterior segment infiltrate with cavitation. This radiograph is "classic" for adult-type, reactivation tuberculosis. Courtesy of John Bernardo, MD. Classic adult TB lateral view 18 year-old high school student, chest radiograph, lateral view. Courtesy of John Bernardo, MD. Classic adult TB PA view case 2 A 40 year-old automobile mechanic from the Dominican Republic, in the US 8 years, presented to the urgent care clinic with 4 months of productive cough, fevers, progressive hoarseness, and a 40 pound weight loss. A chest radiograph (PA view) demonstrates diffuse parenchymal disease with multiple cavities and bulla formation on the left. Sputum smear was positive for AFB. Courtesy of John Bernardo, MD. Classic adult TB case 2 lateral A 40 year old automobile mechanic with pulmonary tuberculosis, chest radiograph lateral view. Courtesy of John Bernardo, MD.
©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Classic adult type TB PA Chest radiograph, PA view, of an 18 year-old high school student exposed 4 years earlier to an infectious pulmonary tuberculosis patient. She was noncompliant with isoniazid prophylaxis. She now presents with cough for one month, fever and night sweats. PA radiograph shows right upper lobe apical and posterior segment infiltrate with cavitation. This radiograph is "classic" for adult-type, reactivation tuberculosis. Courtesy of John Bernardo, MD.