Radiological manifestations of splenic tuberculosis: A 23-patient case series from India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 669-678

  Sharma, S K ^c   Smith Rohrberg, Duncan ^a   Tahir, Mohammad ^c   Mohan, Alladi ^b   Seith, Ashu ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SRI VENKATESWARA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Abdominal computerized tomography; Abdominal ultrasound; Disseminated tuberculosis; Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; HIV; Splenomegaly; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ASCITES; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COUGHING; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INDIA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; REVIEW; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, SPLENIC;

EID: 34547517674     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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