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Title Imaging of tuberculosis / Mohamed Fethi Ladeb, Wilfred C.G. Peh, editors
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and color)
Series Medicl radiology. Diagnostic imaging
Medical radiology (Series)
Contents Preface -- Epidemiology of Tuberculosis (TB) -- Pathophysiology of TB and Microbiological Diagnosis.-. Histological Diagnosis of TB -- Imaging Techniques for TB -- Central Nervous System TB -- Head and Neck TB -- Thoracic TB -- Abdominal Solid Organ and Peritoneal TB -- Gastrointestinal TB -- Genito-urinary TB -- Spinal TB -- Musculoskeletal (Spinal) TB -- TB in AIDS -- Diagnostic Algorithm of TB
Summary This book provides an extensive overview of the role of imaging in the detection, diagnosis, management, and follow-up of tuberculosis. Chapters cover the disease's epidemiology and pathophysiology, microbiological diagnosis and pathology relevant to radiologists, and the distinct aspects of imaging tuberculosis at various locations and body systems. This book discusses recent advances in imaging pertaining to tuberculosis, and addresses the approach to patients with tuberculosis and HIV co-infection. The final chapter offers an algorithmic approach to the diagnosis and management steps of tuberculosis. Imaging of Tuberculosis is an updated and comprehensive reference source that covers imaging of tuberculosis in a structured fashion and is valuable for radiologists
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Subject Tuberculosis -- Imaging
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary -- diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tuberculosis
Form Electronic book
Author Ladeb, Mohamed Fethi, editor
Peh, Wilfred C. G., 1958- editor.
ISBN 9783031070402
3031070402