Tuberculosis
Pleural Effusions
Pleural effusions have traditionally been classified as transudative versus exudative and thoracentesis with application of Light’s Criteria used to differentiate the two with 98% sensitivity and 83% specificity for exudative process.
Bilateral hilar lymph node enlargement
Bilateral hilar lymph node enlargement can arise from many causes, which include:
- sarcoidosis
- infection
- tuberculosis
- mycoplasma
- histoplasmosis
- coccidiodomycosis
- malignancy
- lymphoma: more common in hodgkin lymphoma than non-hodgkin lymphoma.
- carcinoma
- inorganic dust disease
