Computerized Tomography Detects Pulmonary Lesions in Children with Normal Radiographs Diagnosed to have Tuberculosis

Swaminathan, Soumya and Raghavan, Aarti and Datta, Manjula and Paramasivan, C N and Saravanan, K C (2005) Computerized Tomography Detects Pulmonary Lesions in Children with Normal Radiographs Diagnosed to have Tuberculosis. Indian Pediatrics, 42 (3). pp. 258-261. ISSN Print: 0019-6061; Online:0974-7559

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Abstract

This report is based on observations during the conduct of a larger study to develop diagnostic criteria for childhood tuberculosis (TB). Of 20l children confirmed to have pulmonary or lymph node TB, 84 had normal chest radiographs. Computerized tomography (CT) of the chest was performed in nine of them, seven of whom had normal chest radiographs while two had visible calcification. Eight of the nine children had definitive lesions detected by computerized tomography of the chest. While five children had primarily hilar lymph node enlargement, three had pulmonary parenchymal lesions. The use of more sensitive diagnostic tests like computed tomography helps to detect tuberculosis lesions not otherwise visualized on chest radiographs. This report highlights the difficulty in excluding active tuberculosis in children. More studies are required on the role of CT scans in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Computerized tomography, Tuberculosis
Subjects:	Tuberculosis > Clinical Research
Divisions:	Clinical Research
Depositing User:	Dr. Rathinasabapati R
Date Deposited:	29 Nov 2013 05:37
Last Modified:	09 Mar 2016 08:58
URI:	http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/729

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