[Lymphadenitits caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria].
Infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) commonly manifest as lymphadenitis in otherwise healthy children, as pneumonia in patients with chronic airway diseases, and as disseminated disease in patients with immunosuppression. The aim of this case report is to describe imaging findings (sonography, electrical impedance scanning, MRI) in children with NTM infection of the head and neck and to give some information about microbiologic findings and therapeutic options. In children presenting with enlarged neck masses and radiologically demonstrated nodal masses, the diagnosis of infections with NTM should be considered.
Mentzel
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HJ
Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Klinikum der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany. hans-jochim.mentzel@med.uni-jena.de
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017097:Electric Impedance; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009333:Neck; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014463:Ultrasonography
D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA
Lymphadenitits durch nichttuberkulöse Mykobakterien.