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Common and uncommon imaging features of abdominal tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Gupta Pankaj,
Kumar Suresh,
Sharma Vishal,
Mandavdhare Harshal,
Dhaka Narender,
Sinha Saroj K,
Dutta Usha,
Kochhar Rakesh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1754-9485
pISSN - 1754-9477
DOI - 10.1111/1754-9485.12874
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal tuberculosis , tuberculosis , incidence (geometry) , intensive care medicine , genitourinary system , extrapulmonary tuberculosis , radiology , pediatrics , pathology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , physics , optics
Summary Despite the advances in the medical care, tuberculosis ( TB ) still remains an important health problem. This is particularly relevant to the developing countries as well as the immunocompromised population in the developed world. Multidrug resistance poses another challenge and may be responsible for increasing incidence of TB , to some extent. The respiratory system is the most commonly involved, although any organ system may be affected. Abdominal involvement occurs in 11–12% of the patients with extrapulmonary TB . The clinical features of abdominal TB are nonspecific. Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis of abdominal TB . Although a few imaging features strongly favour the possibility of TB , abdominal TB is a greater masquerader. In this review, we highlight the entire spectrum of the manifestations of abdominal tuberculosis (excluding the genitourinary involvement) with an emphasis on imaging findings.