There are some phrases completely unknown to the general public that medical professionals would instantly recognize.  One of them is “miliary pattern,” which has essentially become a euphemism for disseminated TB.  But the miliary pattern that is seen on chest x-rays and CT scans is not synonymous with disseminated tuberculosis.  Instead, it can be seen in plenty of other situations, like the one we describe in this article, published in the BMJ Case Reports.

Apart from Disseminated Tuberculosis, There are plenty of reasons for miliary shadowing that drs should be aware of. http://t.co/ITW3DrlEWj

— Bharat Kumar (@BharatKumarMD) July 25, 2015

This article has actually been in publication-purgatory for about a year or so, but I’m glad that it’s finally out in print.