Chest CT Scan for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Pulmonary TB: Radiological Findings and Its Diagnostic Significance

• Main Authors: Danilo Buonsenso (Author), Davide Pata (Author), Emiliano Visconti (Author), Giulia Cirillo (Author), Francesco Rosella (Author), Tommaso Pirronti (Author), Piero Valentini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Diagnosing active TB in children remains a clinical challenge, due to difficulties in achieving a definite microbiological confirmation, aspecific clinical manifestation, low sensitivity of chest radiography (CXR). For this reason, the use of chest computed tomography (CT) scan to evaluate suspected...