ReviewPediatric radiology2023
Tuberculosis revisted: classic imaging findings in childhood.
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- Imaging of pediatric pulmonary infections: A pictorial review.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2026Review
- POCUS Examination of the Mediastinum in Children: A Simplified and Standardized Protocol for Pulmonary Tuberculosis.POCUS journal · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the Performance of Stool Samples to Diagnose Pediatric Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Routine Care: A Cohort Study From Pakistan.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Recurrent Abdominal Wall Abscess as an Atypical Presentation of Peritoneal Tuberculosis: A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- Pediatric non-congenital central nervous system infections: role of imaging in the emergency department.Pediatric radiology · 2025Review
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- Giant cerebral tuberculoma mimicking tumor in a pediatric patient: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- Imaging panorama of pediatric central nervous system tuberculosis.Pediatric radiology · 2024Review
- Radiological Evaluation of Extrathoracic Tuberculosis in Pediatric Patients.Journal of clinical practice and research · 2024Article
- Pediatric paraparesis: Radiological challenges in multidrug-resistant tuberculous spondylitis based on experience in Indonesia.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- Current and evolving directions in childhood tuberculosis imaging.Pediatric radiology · 2024Article
- Silent rupture: The hidden danger of gastric perforation in paediatric blunt trauma: A case report.Bioinformation · 2024Article
- Diagnostic Performance of Comprehensive Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Pediatric Tuberculosis in Spain: A Prospective Observational Study.Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCUObservational
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10 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.
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Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the major public health threats worldwide, despite improved diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Tuberculosis is one of the main causes of infectious disease in the chest and is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality in paediatric populations, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Due to the difficulty in obtaining microbiological confirmation of pulmonary TB in children, diagnosis often relies on a combination of clinical and radiological findings. The early diagnosis of central nervous system TB is challenging with presumptive diagnosis heavily reliant on imaging. Brain infection can present as a diffuse exudative basal leptomeningitis or as localised disease (tuberculoma, abscess, cerebritis). Spinal TB may present as radiculomyelitis, spinal tuberculoma or abscess or epidural phlegmon. Musculoskeletal manifestation accounts for 10% of extrapulmonary presentations but is easily overlooked with its insidious clinical course and non-specific imaging findings. Common musculoskeletal manifestations of TB include spondylitis, arthritis and osteomyelitis, while tenosynovitis and bursitis are less common. Abdominal TB presents with a triad of pain, fever and weight loss. Abdominal TB may occur in various forms, as tuberculous lymphadenopathy or peritoneal, gastrointestinal or visceral TB. Chest radiographs should be performed, as approximately 15% to 25% of children with abdominal TB have concomitant pulmonary infection. Urogenital TB is rare in children. This article will review the classic radiological findings in childhood TB in each of the major systems in order of clinical prevalence, namely chest, central nervous system, spine, musculoskeletal, abdomen and genitourinary system.
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