ArticleBMC surgery2021
The value of multimodal ultrasonography in differential diagnosis of tuberculous and non-tuberculous superficial lymphadenitis.
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- Application of conventional and contrast-enhanced ultrasound in diagnosing cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Fusing Radiomics and Ultrasonic Features: A Superior Nomogram for Diagnosing Cervical Tuberculous Lymphadenitis.Infection and drug resistance · 2026Article
- Comments and Illustrations of Ultrasound Findings in Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Manifestations.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Application of ultrasound multimodal imaging in the prediction of cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis rupture.Epidemiology and infection · 2024Article
- Can Ultrasound Evaluation of Lymph Node Size and Necrosis Rate Predict Chemotherapy Response in Cervical Tuberculous Lymphadenitis?Infection and drug resistance · 2024Article
- Tuberculosis conundrum - current and future scenarios: A proposed comprehensive approach combining laboratory, imaging, and computing advances.World journal of radiology · 2022Review
- Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Ultrasound Classification of Cervical Tuberculous Lymphadenitis.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo investigate the value of multimodal ultrasonography in differentiating tuberculosis from other lymphadenopathy.
methodsSixty consecutive patients with superficial lymphadenopathy treated at our hospital from January 2017 to December 2018 were categorized into four types based on the color Doppler ultrasound, five types based on contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and five types based on elastography. Sensitivity and specificity were calculated of all the three imaging, including color Doppler examination, contrast-enhanced ultrasound and one individual multimodal method, for detecting lymph nodes.
resultsA total of 60 patients were included in the final analysis. Of those, Mycobacterium tuberculosis was positive in 38 patients and negative in 22 patients. Among the 38 patients who were positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, of which 23 had a history of pulmonary tuberculosis, accounting for 60.53% of the positive cases, and the remaining patients did not combine lesions of other organs. Among the 60 superficial lymph nodes, 63.3% presented with tuberculous lymphadenitis. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of the color Doppler examination were 73.68%, 68.18%, and 71.67%, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound were 89.47%, 63.64% and 80.00%, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the elastography were 63.16%, 63.64% and 63.33%, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of one individual multimodal method were 42.11%, 95.45% and 61.67%, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of all modes combined were 100.00%, 27.27% and 73.33%, respectively.
conclusionMultimodal ultrasonography has high predictive value for the differential diagnosis of superficial tuberculous lymphadenitis.
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