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Imaging of Tuberculosis in Resource-Limited Settings

Imaging of Tuberculosis in Resource-Limited Settings Curr Radiol Rep (2019) 7:23 (0123456789().,-volV)(0123456789().,-volV) https://doi.org/10.1007/s40134-019-0335-7 GLOBAL RADIOLOGY(R STEIN-WEXLER, SECTION EDITOR) 1 1 1 1 • • • • Kelsey Pomykala Ishita Desai Meghan Jardon Priyanka Naik 1,2 Kara-Lee Pool Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2019 Abstract Keywords Tuberculosis imaging  Tuberculosis chest Purpose of review To describe the imaging findings of X-ray  Tuberculosis computed tomography  Tuberculosis tuberculosis with different imaging modalities, as well as ultrasound  Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis imaging the current usage and importance of imaging tuberculosis in resource-limited settings. Recent findings Primary pulmonary tuberculosis can Introduction manifest as lung parenchymal disease, lymphadenopathy, pleural effusion, and/or miliary disease. Differentiating Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the leading infectious cause features of post-primary tuberculosis include cavitation, of death globally, surpassing HIV/AIDS [1]. Tuberculosis bilateral tree-in-bud nodules, and an absence of lym- (TB) is notable for its communicability, ability to form a phadenopathy. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis can involve latent disease state, and propensity to form drug-resistant nearly any organ system, including the heart, central ner- strains. The World Health Organization (WHO) approxi- vous system, bones and abdominal organs. Many of these mates that there were 10 million new cases and 1.6 million findings can be demonstrated with radiography http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Radiology Reports Springer Journals

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Curr Radiol Rep (2019) 7:23 (0123456789().,-volV)(0123456789().,-volV) https://doi.org/10.1007/s40134-019-0335-7 GLOBAL RADIOLOGY(R STEIN-WEXLER, SECTION EDITOR) 1 1 1 1 • • • • Kelsey Pomykala Ishita Desai Meghan Jardon Priyanka Naik 1,2 Kara-Lee Pool Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2019 Abstract Keywords Tuberculosis imaging  Tuberculosis chest Purpose of review To describe the imaging findings of X-ray  Tuberculosis computed tomography  Tuberculosis tuberculosis with different imaging modalities, as well as ultrasound  Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis imaging the current usage and importance of imaging tuberculosis in resource-limited settings. Recent findings Primary pulmonary tuberculosis can Introduction manifest as lung parenchymal disease, lymphadenopathy, pleural effusion, and/or miliary disease. Differentiating Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the leading infectious cause features of post-primary tuberculosis include cavitation, of death globally, surpassing HIV/AIDS [1]. Tuberculosis bilateral tree-in-bud nodules, and an absence of lym- (TB) is notable for its communicability, ability to form a phadenopathy. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis can involve latent disease state, and propensity to form drug-resistant nearly any organ system, including the heart, central ner- strains. The World Health Organization (WHO) approxi- vous system, bones and abdominal organs. Many of these mates that there were 10 million new cases and 1.6 million findings can be demonstrated with radiography

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