Contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound features of tubercular lymphadenopathy. (October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rana, Surinder S; Bush, Nikhil; Dawra, Saurabh; Sharma, Ravi; Srinivasan, Radhika; Gupta, Rajesh
• Is Part Of: Tropical doctor. Volume 51:Number 4(2021)
• Page Start: 482
• Page End: 487
• Publication Date: 2021-10
• Subjects: Contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound -- tuberculosis -- enhancement -- echogenicity; Tropical medicine -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing Countries -- Periodicals; Tropical Medicine -- Periodicals; Tropische geneeskunde; 616.9883
• DOI: 10.1177/00494755211028057
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0049-4755

Abstract

There is lack of data on the contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound features of tubercular lymph node; our retrospective analysis of 37 patients with enlarged mediastinal and abdominal lymph nodes showed heterogeneous enhancement in the great majority (70%).