A 7-year-old boy recently immigrated with his family is found to have a new positive tuberculin skin test during school screening. He is asymptomatic. Chest radiograph shows a calcified peripheral lesion in the lower part of the right upper lobe with ipsilateral hilar lymph node calcification. Which of the following best describes this finding?
- A)Hamman Rich lesion
- B)Ghon complexGABARITO
- C)Pott complex
- D)Pancoast complex
- E)Ranke syndrome caused by aspiration
Explicação
A Ghon focus is a subpleural primary tuberculosis lesion, and together with involved hilar nodes it forms a Ghon complex. When the complex calcifies it may be termed a Ranke complex, reflecting healed primary infection. The lower part of the upper lobe or uppe... Ver explicação completa e trilha adaptativa →