CT findings of abdominal tuberculosis in 12 patients

• Published in: Computerized medical imaging and graphics Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 321 - 325
• Main Authors: Yılmaz, Turgut, Sever, Ahmet, Gür, Serkan, Killi, Refik M., Elmas, Nevra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Ltd 01-09-2002; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Abdomen; Abdominal tuberculosis; Adolescent; Adrenal Gland Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Computed tomography; Digestive system; Female; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Lymph node; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Other diseases. Semiology; Peritoneal tuberculosis; Peritonitis, Tuberculous - diagnostic imaging; Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry; Radiography, Abdominal; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis - diagnostic imaging; Tuberculosis, Endocrine - diagnostic imaging; Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal - diagnostic imaging; Tuberculosis, Lymph Node - diagnostic imaging; Tuberculosis; Peritoneal tuberculosis; Computed tomography; Lymph node; Abdominal tuberculosis; Human; Radiodiagnosis; Radiologic sign; Adrenal glands; Mycobacterial infection; Wall thickness; Abdomen; Infection; Abdominal disease; Bacteriosis; Calcification; Medical imagery; Computerized axial tomography; Diagnosis; Ascites
• ISSN: 0895-6111; 1879-0771
• DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(02)00029-0

Our purpose was to evaluate the Computed Tomography (CT) findings of the abdominal tuberculosis (TBC) retrospectively which was diagnosed histopatologically. This study included 12 patients. All patients were evaluated by abdominal CT study. Most findings of CT studies were mesenteric calcified or noncalcified lymphadenopathies, ascites, thickened intestinal wall located on the right lower quadrant of abdomen, thickening of peritoneum, mottled soft-tissue densities in omentum and mesenterium. In addition, one of the patients had bilateral calcified adrenal glands and one of them had calcified mass in adrenal gland. If peritoneal thickening, ascites, abdominal lymphadenophaties and thickened intestinal walls are obtained, TBC should be considered in differential diagnosis in developing countries.