IngentaConnect Ultrasonographic diagnosis in abdominal tuberculosis

Authors: Sheikh, M¹; Moosa, I²; Hussein, FMY²; Qurttom, MAF²; Behbehani, AI³

Source: Australasian Radiology, Volume 43, Number 2, May 1999 , pp. 175-179(5)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

Sonographic findings were retrospectively analysed in 39 patients with proven abdominal tuberculosis (TB). The patients were treated over 15 years at a major teaching hospital, Mubarak Al-Kabber Hospital, in Kuwait. The findings included clear or complex ascites with fine strands, loculations and debris. The other findings were lymphadenopathy, bowel wall thickening, omental mass, focal lesions in the liver and spleen and psoas abscess. The sonographic findings in abdominal TB are not specific but may give valuable information to prevent unnecessary laparotomy.

Keywords: abdomen; tuberculosis; ultrasound

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.1999.00630.x

Affiliations: 1: Radiology and 2: Department of Radiology, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Ministry of Public Health, Kuwait 3: Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University and,

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