Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: Imaging Features beyond the Chest | Zendy

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Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: Imaging Features beyond the Chest

Author(s) -

MacLean Kelly A.,

Becker Annalisa K.,

Chang Silvia D.,

Harris Alison C.

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

canadian association of radiologists journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 1488-2361

pISSN - 0846-5371

DOI - 10.1016/j.carj.2012.07.002

Subject(s) - medicine , extrapulmonary tuberculosis , tuberculosis , radiology , genitourinary system , urogenital tuberculosis , pathology , mycobacterium tuberculosis

The purpose of this pictorial review is to illustrate the various imaging findings of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Manifestations of cardiac, central nervous system, head and neck, musculoskeletal, abdominal, genitourinary, and breast tuberculosis will be discussed. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis presents a difficult diagnostic challenge for the radiologist and requires a high index of suspicion, particularly in high-risk populations.

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