Chest CT Scan for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Pulmonary TB: Radiological Findings and Its Diagnostic Significance

Chest CT Scan for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Pulmonary TB: Radiological Findings and Its Diagnostic Significance

Diagnosing active TB in children remains a clinical challenge, due to difficulties in achieving a definite microbiological confirmation, aspecific clinical manifestation, low sensitivity of chest radiography (CXR). For this reason, the use of chest computed tomography (CT) scan to evaluate suspected...

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Main Authors: Danilo Buonsenso, Davide Pata, Emiliano Visconti, Giulia Cirillo, Francesco Rosella, Tommaso Pirronti, Piero Valentini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
tuberculosis
pediatric TB
pulmonary TB
chest computed tomography
chest X-ray
lymph node
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.583197/full

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