Talk:Tuberculosis radiology

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Question. What is "apical pleural density" with an impression of 'clear lungs'? 23:06, 21 March 2006 User:Jgwlaw

The pleura (pleural cavity) are membranes which cover the lungs; so a pleural density is a x-ray abnormality (increase whiteness showing on the x-ray is called a density) of the covering of the lungs. The top of the lungs are the apex or apices. Clear lungs mean no abnormality of the lung itself. Petersam 21:45, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

primary tb vs reaction tb[edit]

I don't think this is clearly explained or mentioned. Someone should add what primary tb looks like, the gohn complex, or whateever, where primary tb infects, why does it infect the alveolar macrophages in the upper part of th elower lobe and the lower part of the upper lobe... etc. Then also add the classical reactivation tb in the upper lobe, etc, etc.

an x-ray pic of both primary and reactivation tb would be nice too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.125.77.48 (talk) 22:19, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My exam asked what position is used for TB xray[edit]

Here's a link to my exam paper. See question #2. I was unable to answer that question using this very specific wikipedia article. I hope somebody can elaborate on the matter. This article says AP but also other positions. Students suspect the correct answer is "lordotic" and I've found evidence for that on WikiRadiography.net also. --Waqqashanafi (talk) 08:02, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dosage info not included in the article?[edit]

In Hungarian (a historically extremely TB-affected country, i.e. "morbus hungaricus") the TB-screening radiography is called "ernyokep szures" and it was mandatory once every year (!) for all population aged between 14 to 60, until circa 1990.

On the other hand, a chest x-ray, e.g. upon trauma and suspicion of broken rib is called "mellkas rontgen" in hungarian and the two medical terms are clearly differentiated. This could suggest the dosage of lung radiography (for TB) is lower compared to a chest x-ray that's focused on condition of the bones? 79.120.153.94 (talk) 12:31, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]