ReviewPediatric radiology2017
Imaging of thoracic tuberculosis in children: current and future directions.
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- Screening tests for active pulmonary tuberculosis in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Diagnostic performance of chest radiography for pediatric tuberculosis across high- and low-burden settings.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Giant cerebral tuberculoma mimicking tumor in a pediatric patient: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- Current and evolving directions in childhood tuberculosis imaging.Pediatric radiology · 2024Article
- Tuberculosis in Spain: An opinion paper.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2023Review
- Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in thoracic tuberculosis in the pediatric population: moving beyond conventional radiology.Pediatric radiology · 2023Article
- Tuberculosis revisted: classic imaging findings in childhood.Pediatric radiology · 2023Review
- Evolving role of chest radiographs for diagnosis of pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis.Pediatric radiology · 2023Review
- Artificial Intelligence in Paediatric Tuberculosis.Pediatric radiology · 2023Review
- Imaging recommendations and algorithms for pediatric tuberculosis: part 1-thoracic tuberculosis.Pediatric radiology · 2023Review
- Global resources in the fight against tuberculosis.Pediatric radiology · 2023Review
- Diagnostic performance of a novel ESAT6-CFP10 skin test for tuberculosis infection in school tuberculosis outbreak in China.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Primary lymphatic tuberculosis in children - Literature overview and case report.Radiology case reports · 2022Article
- Practical protocol for lung magnetic resonance imaging and common clinical indications.Pediatric radiology · 2022Review
- Chest Imaging for Pulmonary TB-An Update.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- High rate of transmission in a pulmonary tuberculosis outbreak in a junior high school in China, 2020.IJID regions · 2021Article
- Miliary tuberculosis in a paediatric patient with psoriasis.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Lung MRI in Children: The Road Less Travelled.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2021Article
- Chest Tuberculosis in Children.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2019Review
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Abstract
Tuberculosis continues to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is the leading cause of infection-related deaths worldwide. Children are amongst the high-risk groups for developing tuberculosis and often pose a challenge to the clinicians in making a definitive diagnosis. The newly released global tuberculosis report from World Health Organization reveals a 50% increase in fatality from tuberculosis in children. Significantly, diagnostic and treatment algorithms of tuberculosis for children differ from those of adults. Bacteriologic confirmation of the disease is often difficult in children; hence radiologists have an important role to play in early diagnosis of this disease. Despite advancing technology, the key diagnostic imaging modalities for primary care and emergency services, especially in rural and low-resource areas, are chest radiography and ultrasonography. In this article, we discuss various diagnostic imaging modalities used in diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis and their indications. We highlight the use of US as point-of-care service along with mediastinal US and rapid MRI protocols, especially in mediastinal lymphadenopathy and thoracic complications. MRI is the ideal modality in high-resource areas when adequate infrastructure is available. Because the prevalence of tuberculosis is highest in lower-resource countries, we also discuss global initiatives in low-resource settings.
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