A 7 year old boy recently immigrated from an area with high tuberculosis prevalence. He is asymptomatic but has a positive tuberculin skin test. Chest x-ray shows a small calcified focus in the lower part of one lung together with hilar lymph node calcification. Which of the following terms best describes this finding?
- A)Ranke complexGABARITO
- B)Hamartoma
- C)Rasmussen aneurysm
- D)Pancoast lesion
- E)Aschoff body
Explicação
Ranke complex is correct. A calcified peripheral parenchymal lesion together with calcified hilar lymph nodes represents a healed primary tuberculosis complex, also called a Ranke complex. Primary infection often occurs in the lower part of the upper lobe or u... Ver explicação completa e trilha adaptativa →