HRCT Imaging of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Detection of Pulmonary tuberculosis: comparing MR imaging with HRCT

BACKGROUND Computer Tomography (CT) is considered the gold standard for assessing the morphological changes of lung parenchyma. Although novel CT techniques have substantially decreased the radiation dose, radiation exposure is still high. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has been established as a radiation- free alternative to CT for several lung diseases, but its role in infectious diseases s...

HRCT Profile in Diagnosing Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Background -The purpose of this study is to show the role of high-resolution CT scan (HRCT) in diagnosing active pulmonary tuberculosis. tree-in bud appearance in HRCT is more sensitive than chest X-ray in detection of early endobronchial spread, 97% of patients with active pulmonary TB had evidence of bronchogenic spread of the disease on HRCT. Materials & Methods-One hundred clinically suspec...

Pulmonary Tuberculosis

A STUDY OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS DRUG RESISTANCE IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem in both developing and developed countries. Drug-resistant tuberculosis is an increasing health problem and serious challenge to tuberculosis (TB) control programs. Information about the susceptibility pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates against anti-tuberculosis drugs is an important aspect to TB control. The objectives of the s...

HRCT findings of pulmonary sarcoidosis; relation to pulmonary function tests

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Chest-X-ray has several limitations in detecting the extent of pulmonary disease in sarcoidosis. It might not reflect the degree of pulmonary involvement in patients with sarcoidosis when compared to computed tomography of the thorax. We aimed to investigate the HRCT findings of pulmonary sarcoidosis and to find out the existence of possible relations between HRCT findi...