Open AccessMagnetic resonance imaging in response assessment of mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenopathy: Going beyond size
Author(s) -
Rashmi Singh,
Priyanka Naranje,
Ashu Seith Bhalla,
Shivam Pandey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_481_20
Subject(s) - medicine , mcnemar's test , magnetic resonance imaging , effective diffusion coefficient , radiology , mediastinal lymphadenopathy , nuclear medicine , mann–whitney u test , mediastinum , biopsy , statistics , mathematics
Assessment of response to antitubercular treatment (ATT) in mediastinal tuberculous lymph nodes (LNs) is challenging. Gold standard techniques such as biopsy and culture involve invasive procedures. Radiographic persistence of mediastinal LNs even after completion of ATT poses a treatment dilemma. In this study, we evaluated the changes in signal intensity (SI) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of mediastinal LNs on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), for response assessment to ATT.