title: Sonographic diagnosis of congenital tuberculosis: an experience with four cases.
abstract: Abdominal sonography of four infants with pyrexia and hepatomegaly demonstrated multiple hypoechoeic hepatic and splenic foci, guided biopsies of which showed caseating granulomas with acid-fast bacilli. Evidence of tuberculosis in maternal endometrium and its exclusion in the contacts further confirmed a diagnosis of congenital tuberculosis. Clinical suspicion supplemented by careful sonography facilitated early detection and antemortem diagnosis of this potentially fatal disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Imaging, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Grover
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Taneja
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chellani
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography