IPLab:Lab 1:Tuberculosis: Difference between revisions
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== Clinical Summary == | == Clinical Summary == | ||
This 70-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with a history of upper abdominal pain, anorexia, nausea, and general malaise | This 70-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with a three week history of upper abdominal pain, anorexia, nausea, and general malaise. His hospital stay was characterized by fever and severe respiratory distress. There were multiple densities in the patient's chest x-ray consistent with pneumonia and examination of a stained sputum specimen showed acid fast bacilli. Despite appropriate therapy, the patient died 14 days after admission. | ||
Autopsy findings demonstrated pulmonary tuberculosis with widespread dissemination throughout the body. Multiple gray-white nodules ranging from pinpoint size up to 1 cm were diffusely distributed throughout the lung parenchyma. | |||
== Autopsy Findings == | == Autopsy Findings == | ||