Open AccessHiding in plain sight: Diagnosing pleural tuberculosis using lung ultrasound
Author(s) -
Wan Aireene Wan Ahmed,
Mohd Jazman Che Rahim,
Nurashikin Mohammad,
Mohd Hashairi Fauzi,
Shaik Farid Abdull Wahab
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.529
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1743-1344
pISSN - 1742-271X
DOI - 10.1177/1742271x20959761
Subject(s) - medicine , pleural effusion , chest radiograph , radiology , tuberculosis , lung , ultrasound , radiography , surgery , pathology
Diagnosing pleural tuberculosis can be difficult in patients with ambiguous presentation, especially in resource-limited health centres. Thus, lung ultrasound had been studied as a novel method in helping clinicians to diagnose this condition.