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Arrested tuberculosis

Arrested tuberculosis –>
healed tuberculosis
a scar or a calcified, fibrous, or caseous nodule in the lung pleura, lymph node, or other organ, resulting from previous tuberculosis that has regressed; reactivation is possible.
Synonym: arrested tuberculosis, inactive tuberculosis.


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