Can tuberculosis cause congestive heart failure?

In conclusion, tuberculosis cardiac involvement is frequent and could lead to heart failure, constrictive pericarditis, or death. Early detection of complications should be a cornerstone of overall management.

What findings might there be on CXR in a patient with heart failure?

Chest x-ray findings include pleural effusions, cardiomegaly (enlargement of the cardiac silhouette), Kerley B lines (horizontal lines in the periphery of the lower posterior lung fields), upper lobe pulmonary venous congestion and interstitial oedema.

What are three reliable signs of CHF on CXR?

X-ray findings may include:

• Thickened interlobular lung septa (Kerley lines)
• Pulmonary vascular re-distribution (upper lobe vessel enlargement)
• Peri-hilar haziness.
• Bronchial wall cuffing (thickening)
• Subfissural edema.
• Pleural effusions.
• Alveolar edema.

What type of CXR is used for TB?

A posterior-anterior chest radiograph is used to detect chest abnormalities. Lesions may appear anywhere in the lungs and may differ in size, shape, density, and cavitation. These abnormalities may suggest TB, but cannot be used to definitively diagnose TB.

How is CXR used to diagnose TB?

Ensuring the wider and quality-assured use of CXR for TB detection in combination with laboratory- based diagnostic tests recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), can contribute to earlier TB diagnosis and potentially to closing the TB case-detection gap when used as part of algorithms within

What are the results of a chest X ray for tuberculosis?

An antero-posterior chest X-ray is one of the most important tests to be performed in a patient with tuberculosis or suspected tuberculosis. The 3 main X-ray findings in primary tuberculosis include parenchymal infiltrates, hiliar adenopathy, and pleural effusion. Primary tuberculosis may appear at any location in the lung.

What are the radiographic findings of inactive tuberculosis?

Sequelae of previous tuberculosis that is now inactive manifest characteristically as fibronodular opacities in the apical and upper lung zones. Stability of radiographic findings for 6 months distinguishes inactive from active disease.

How is miliary tuberculosis shown on a CT scan?

On the chest radiograph or CT image, miliary disease manifests as diffuse 1–3-mm nodules in a random distribution (Fig 9). Miliary tuberculosis is spread by hematogenous seeding, as demonstrated by the finding of a miliary nodule centered on a small blood vessel (Fig 10). Figure 9. Miliary tuberculosis in a 53-year-old man.