Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Outcomes, Infection, Cavitation, Treatment effects, CT, Conventional radiography, Respiratory system, Paediatric, Lung
Authors:
I. Grsko1, A. Muldini2, A. latic2; 135000/HR, 2Slavonski Brod/HR
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2013/C-0366
Conclusion
Radiographic findings are just one step in making the diagnose of tuberculosis in children.
Radiographic lesion does not confirm the etiology of TB,
as there are no pathognomonic radiological signs of tuberculosis.
A normal chest X- ray does not rule out the disease and on the other hand chest X-ray abnormalities can show the severity of the disease.
Diagnosis cannot rely on a single factor but on a constellation of symptoms,
signs,
and close contact with an infectious index patient,
tuberculin skin test,
blood test,
bacteriological and radiographic findings.
During therapy,
radiographic picture does not always improve,
it can sometimes stay the same or even worsen at the beginning of treatment but by the end of treatment most of these radiographic pictures become normal.