made miliary tuberculosis unlikely. The term ‘‘starry sky,” often used to characterize the skin rash of varicella, is an equally accurate description of this patient’s chest x-ray.

In contrast to pulmonary tuberculosis, which is not a diagnostic challenge, disseminated disease without typical miliary pattern on plain chest x-ray or extrapulmonary tuberculosis without ...

Chest X-rays help in diagnosing several diseases and some of them might appear like tuberculosis (TB) though not every spot detected by X-rays is TB. This was stated by Dr Surya Kant, chairman of ...