Use of Doppler sonography to differentiate AIDS-related intrathoracic lymphoma from tuberculosis.
We present a case of AIDS-related intrathoracic lymphoma in which the pulmonary lesions were evaluated with Doppler sonography. The presence of internal vascularity within such lesions may help to differentiate this entity from tuberculosis.
Maldjian
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Department of Radiology, University Hospital, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, USA.
Singh-Panghaal
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Wachsberg
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D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color