Erschienen in:
11.12.2015 | Brief Report
Miliary tuberculosis: sonographic pattern in chest ultrasound
verfasst von:
L. Hunter, S. Bélard, S. Janssen, D. J. van Hoving, T. Heller
Erschienen in:
Infection
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Ausgabe 2/2016
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Abstract
Miliary tuberculosis (TB) is characterized by a multitude of small nodular opacities on chest radiography. Despite ultrasound of the chest gaining wider acceptance as a diagnostic tool of lung infections, sonographic changes of pulmonary miliary TB have not yet been reported. Here, we describe B-lines and comet-tail artifacts disseminated throughout multiple lung areas and a pattern of sub-pleural granularity as consistent changes seen in lung ultrasound of ten patients with pulmonary miliary TB diagnosed by chest radiography.