{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: The silent pandemic in South Africa: Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis from head to heel.
{Author}: Le Roux CE;Vlok SSC;
{Journal}: SA J Radiol
{Volume}: 25
{Issue}: 1
{Year}: 2021
暂无{DOI}: 10.4102/sajr.v25i1.2026
{Abstract}: 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.