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Pathophysiology of TB

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCLE
BACILI

INHALATION OF DRIED DROPLET


NUCLEI

INFLAMMATION IN ALVEOLLI

LYMPH NODES FILTER


DRAINAGE

PRIMARY TUBERCLE

FIBROTIC

TUBERCLE
BACILI

TUBERCLE BECOME INACTIVE, FORMING CASEATION


NECROSIS

CALCIFI
ED

GHON
TUBERCLE
(PRIMARY

LIQUEFACTION

CHARACTERISTIC SIGN:
COUGH PRODUCING PURULENT
SPUTUM
NIGHT SWEATS
HEMOPTYSIS (blood in the

CAVIT
Y

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