A 23-year-old woman at 14 weeks of gestation attends the GP with a non-productive cough for 2 weeks, night sweats, and weight loss. She recently arriv...

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A 23-year-old woman at 14 weeks of gestation attends the GP with a non-productive cough for 2 weeks, night sweats, and weight loss. She recently arrived from South Asia. A chest X-ray shows a right upper lobe cavitating lesion. Which is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Pulmonary tuberculosis

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Community-acquired pneumonia

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Lung cancer

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Sarcoidosis

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Pulmonary embolism

uk-drcog MCQ (SBA): Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Pregnancy

A 23-year-old woman at 14 weeks of gestation attends the GP with a non-productive cough for 2 weeks, night sweats, and weight loss. She recently arrived from South Asia. A chest X-ray shows a right upper lobe cavitating lesion. Which is the most likely diagnosis?