Late complications of tuberculosis.
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Figure 1 Chest radiograph shows cavitation with apical pleural.thickening and marked fibrosis at the left hilum causing deviation of the.trachea to the left. There is also adjacent apical calcification as well as a calcified focus at the left base with localized pleural calcification. The lateral aspect of the left hemidiaphragm is raised with obliteration of the left costophrenic angle. The appearances are those of old cavitating tuberculosis with pleurisy but no plain film evidence of bronchiectasis. a ^M,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.1
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 64 751 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988