%0 Journal Article
%T The silent pandemic in South Africa: Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis from head to heel.
%A Le Roux CE
%A Vlok SSC
%J SA J Radiol
%V 25
%N 1
%D 2021
%M 33936795
暂无%R 10.4102/sajr.v25i1.2026
%X Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is the leading cause of communicable disease-related deaths in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) worldwide and in South Africa. Mycobacterium tuberculosis disseminates haematogenously from an active primary lung focus and may affect extra-pulmonary sites in up to 15% of patients. Extra-pulmonary TB may present with a normal chest radiograph, which often causes a significant diagnostic dilemma. This review describes the main sites of involvement in EPTB, which is illustrated by local imaging examples.