CT appearances in abdominal tuberculosis. A pictorial essay.
Abdominal tuberculosis continues to be endemic in the developing world and has shown a resurgence in the West. Computed tomography (CT) evaluation is singularly informative as it demonstrates involvement of the bowel, peritoneum, lymph nodes, and solid organs in a single examination. A spectrum of CT findings in an immunocompetent population is presented, ranging from subtle to advanced and common to rare. Genitourinary tuberculosis and tuberculosis in AIDS are excluded as they merit separate discussions.
Gulati
M S
MS
Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. manpreetgulati@usa.net
Sarma
D
D
Paul
S B
SB
D006801:Humans; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014400:Tuberculosis, Splenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging