Open AccessRadiological Manifestations of Pulmonary Tuberculosis - A Comparative Study between Immunocompromised and Immunocompetent Patients
Author(s) -
Manoj Mathur,
Rajesh K Badhan,
Sudesh Kumari,
Nirmaljit Kaur,
Saryu Gupta
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/28183.10535
Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinal lymphadenopathy , tuberculosis , lung , diabetes mellitus , complication , lesion , disease , radiology , surgery , pathology , endocrinology
Pulmonary tuberculosis has atypical radiological manifestations in patients with underlying immunocompromised disease like diabetes and human immunodeficient virus infection. Computed tomography has important role in such patients for early diagnosis of disease and management to minimize complication.