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. 2023 May 1;42(5):e181-e182.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003843. Epub 2023 Jan 31.

It Looked Like COVID-19, But It Was Not: The Importance of an Early Diagnosis of Disseminated Tuberculosis

María Fernández Miaja  1 , Mª Agustina Alonso Álvarez  1 , Andrés Concha Torre  2 , Juan José Palacios Gutiérrez  3 , Susana González Sánchez  4 , Laura Calle-Miguel  1
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It Looked Like COVID-19, But It Was Not: The Importance of an Early Diagnosis of Disseminated Tuberculosis

María Fernández Miaja et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. .
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Figures

FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
A: Chest radiograph: diffuse micronodular pattern compatible with miliary tuberculosis. B: Chest and abdominal CT: left para-aortic adenopathic block (arrow). Hepatomegaly without focal lesions. C: Chest CT: infiltrates adjacent to adenopathic block in left upper lobe with a bubble compatible with a lung cavitation (arrow); diffuse bilateral ground glass infiltrates. D: Cerebral MRI. Axial T1 +Gd. Leptomeningeal and cortical enhancement (arrow) with white matter dot lesions (arrow).
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