Miliary tuberculosis

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 18 May 2024

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Citation:

Jones J, Knipe H, Kumar K, et al. Miliary tuberculosis. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 10 Jun 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-20955

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-20955

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/20955

rID:

20955

Article created:

23 Dec 2012, Jeremy Jones ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Jeremy Jones had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

18 May 2024, Henry Knipe ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Henry Knipe had the following disclosures:

Integral Diagnostics, Shareholder (ongoing)
Micro-X Ltd, Shareholder (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

24 times, by 16 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Chest

Tags:

lungs, pulmonary infection, tb

Synonyms:

Miliary TB
Miliary Koch's infiltration
Miliary Koch's

Miliary tuberculosis is an uncommon pulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis.

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