[Update on the radiological study of pulmonary tuberculosis]

Abstract

Tuberculosis has made a comeback in recent years. This upsurge has been attributed to factors such as increased immigration and the human immunodeficiency virus epidemic. Primary pulmonary tuberculosis manifests radiologically with parenchymal involvement, lymph node involvement, pleural effusion, and/or miliary disease. In post-primary tuberculosis, the earliest radiological sign is small nodules and branching centrilobular lesions that increase in size and coalesce to form ill-defined patchy consolidations; cavitations are very characteristic of active disease. The aim of this article is to describe the radiologic findings for pulmonary tuberculosis and its complications.

Keywords: Computed tomography, spiral; Pneumonia; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Radiografía torácica Neumonía; Radiography thoracic; Tomografía Computarizada, Helicoidal; Tuberculosis pulmonar.