Presentation
Dry cough that started 5 months ago. He developed difficulty breathing 1 week ago.
Patient Data
Age: 60 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Pulmonary tuberculosis: chest x-ray findings
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- Frontal chest x ray shows bilateral micronodular insterstitial effusion.
- Left apical bronchiectasis at the level of the pulmonary lingula, which corresponds to a granulomatous infectius process.
- There is a pleural apical thickening.