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TB reactivation : a situation where an old latent TB infection gets reactivated into an acute disease, and mostly occurs in patients with low immunity, such as HIV patients, diabetics or children. TB reactivation occurs in the lung apices; it is thought that this loca­tion is preferred by the bacilli due to the high oxygen tension or the low lymph fl ow at the lung apices. Cavity formation in the lung apices is seen in up to 40% of reactivation TB patients.
Signs on Chest Radiographs
Primary TB presents with a pneumonic patch in the middle or
lower lobes, with ipsilateral hilar lymphadenopathy (Fig. 11.13.1 ). When the TB pneumonic patch regresses and calcifi es, it results in Ghon Lesion. Ranke’s complex : Ghon lesion with ipsilateral calcifi ed hilar lymphadenopathy.
Tuberculoma : a round, smoothly circumscribed pulmonary
nodule (<3 cm) that usually contains central calcifi cation. It is seen at the common areas of TB infection (upper lobes and apical segment of lower lobes). The main diff erential diagnosis of tuberculoma is “pulmonary hamartoma,” which has the same tuberculoma features, central popcorn calcifi cations, and occurs anywhere within the lungs. Tuberculoma is diagnosed by its features and locations.
Apical fi brosis (Simon’s focus) : old TB in the lung apices may
results in chronic granulomatous reaction that causes lung fi brosis (Fig. 11.13.2 ). The term “old TB” should be used with caution, as the TB may be chronic but still active. “Stable TB disease” requires 6 months of unchanged radiological features to be acclaimed. TB reactivation is classically seen as lung apices cavitary lesions (40%) or noncavitary lung infi ltration (4–9%). A TB cavity tends to have thick irregular walls (Fig. 11.13.3 ), and air–fl uid level may be seen (9–21%). Superimposed infection of the cavity with fungi can result in fungal ball (mycetoma/ aspergilloma) within the cavity (halo sign).
Cicatrization atelectasis : atelectasis of the upper lobes due to
previous fi brosis from TB infection, with retraction of the hilum upward.
Bronchiectasis may occur in up to 87% of patients due to
bronchial wall and parenchymal destruction. Bronchiectasis is seen as focally dilated bronchi with honeycomb, cystic interstitial pattern.
Broncholithiasis is an uncommon complication of TB
characterized by the presence of calcifi ed materials within the bronchial tree. Pleural calcifi cation is often seen unilaterally, especially with
previous empyema.
Fig. 11.13.1. Posteroanterior plain chest radiograph in a patient with primary TB shows a pneumonic patch in the right middle lung zone ( arrowhead ) with ipsilateral lymphadenopathy
Fig. 11.13.4. Axial lung window HRCT in a patient with TB shows apical left mycetoma with a halo sign ( arrowhead ) and marked bronchiectasis in the right lung ( arrow )
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Fig. 11.13.3. Posteroanterior plain chest radiograph shows right
Fig. 11.13.2. Posteroanterior plain chest radiograph in a TB
patient shows right apical fi brosis (Simon’s focus)
apical TB cavity
Signs on HRCT
Mycetoma is seen as a fungal ball within a TB cavity at the lung apices in up to 55% of patients ( halo sign ) (Fig. 11.13.4 ).
Tree - in - bud appearance represents terminal bronchiole
impaction with mucus, pus, or fl uid, resulting in enhanced appearance of the normal branching bronchial tree that is normally invisible (Fig. 11.13.5 ). It is seen in diseases that aff ect the peripheral airways and cause material plugs deposition within them, such as TB, cystic fi brosis, and panbronchiolitis.
Fig. 11.13.5. Axial lung window HRCT in a patient with TB shows peripheral tree-in-bud appearance ( arrowheads )
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Chyliform (lymphatic) pleural effusion may occur in TB, with deposition of cholesterol within the pleural space. Fat-fl uid or fat calcium level with calcifi ed pleu­ral margins may be seen on CT.
Empyema necessitates is a rare situation that arises when the empyema spontaneously discharge through the parietal pleura into the chest wall, forming a subcu­taneous abscess.
Signs on Chest Radiograph and HRCT
Fig. 11.13.6. Axial postcontrast chest CT illustration demon­strates a mass of TB associated with dilated pulmonary vessels representing Rasmussen pulmonary aneurysm ( arrowhead )
Signs on CT
Rasmussen pulmonary aneurysm is a rare phenomenon character- ized by dilatation and weakening of the peripheral pulmonary artery wall from an adjacent TB cavity (Fig. 11.13.6 ). It is seen in up to 5% of patients, and it may cause life-threatening hemoptysis. It is detected as TB infl ammatory reaction or cavitary mass, with dilatation of the peripheral pulmonary artery adjacent to it.
Pleural TB
Pleural TB is the most common extra-pulmonary man­ifestation of primary or reactivation TB, and it can alone be the only manifestation of primary TB.
The pleural fl uid often contains granulomata and a few organisms. When the fl uid contains pus, high pro­tein content (>3 g/dL), and a large number of organ­isms, it is called “ empyema .” Tuberculous empyema can be rarely caused by spinal TB draining into the pleural space via a sinus.
Patients with pleural TB present with pain during deep inspiration (pleuritic pain), fever, weight loss, and anorexia.
On plain radiograph, pleural eff usion is seen as loss of the posterior and lateral costo-phrenic angles along with meniscus sign. Pleura thickening on CT is confi rmed when the pleura is >2 mm in width. When the empyema calcifi es, the CT scan shows empyema with calcifi ed edges, a clinical condition called “ fi brothorax ” (Fig. 11.13.7 ). Empyema necessitates is detected as thickened pleural eff usion with abscess formation that opens into the chest wall (Fig. 11.13.8 ).
Fig. 11.13.7. Axial chest CT illustration demonstrates fi brotho­rax ( arrowheads )
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Fig. 11.13.9. Posteroanterior plain chest radiograph in a patient with miliary TB shows bilateral diffuse nodules in the lung fi elds representing miliary TB
Signs on Chest Radiograph
Fig. 11.13.8. Posteroanterior plain chest radiograph in a patient with old TB and chronic empyema that transformed into a lung abscess shows a huge right lung abscess ( arrowhead ) and bron- chiectasis ( arrow ). The patient needed several pleural taps, and the abscess was beginning to open into the right lateral chest wall
Miliary TB is seen as bilateral symmetrical interstitial nodular pattern (Fig. 11.13.9 ). Absence of miliary pattern on chest radiograph does not rule out miliary TB. Bilateral pleural eff usion may occur.
Miliary TB
Hematogenous spread of TB can be in small numbers causing no harm, moderate amount affecting one or two organs (isolated-organ TB), or in a diffuse large amount (miliary TB). In 5% of primary TB patients, the infection is not contained within an organ, and is disseminated into the blood stream and the lymphatic system, resulting in miliary TB. The term “miliary” is given because the disseminated lesions (granulomas) are round and small, mimicking numerous millet seeds. Miliary TB in HIV patients arises when the CD4 count is <300/mL.
Miliary TB is divided into acute miliary TB or cryp­tic miliary TB. Acute miliary TB may be associated with hyponatremia, inappropriate secretion of anti­diuretic hormone, or adrenal insuffi ciency. Cryptic miliary TB is characterized by silent TB foci that seed bacilli into the blood stream from time to time; TB foci may be located within the lungs, kidneys, or lymph nodes.
Signs on HRCT
Miliar y TB shows multiple, bilateral small nodules (<3 cm in size) randomly distributed through the lungs (Fig. 11.13.10 ).
Fig. 11.13.10. Axial lung-window HRCT in the same patient of fi gure 11.13.19 shows the multiple nodular interstitial pattern of miliary TB
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Abdominal TB
Abdominal TB invades the abdomen, peritoneum, and pancreato-biliary system via hematogenous spread from a primary lung or reactivation TB, or from swal­lowing infected milk. Although any structure can be involved, the ileocecal valve is the most frequently affected by granulomas, fi brosis and later scarring.
Patients may present with fever, weight loss, diar­rhea, and abdominal pain and distension. Duodenal TB may results in dyspepsia, while rectal TB may results in constipation (30%) and passing fresh blood (hema­tochezia). Fistula-in-ano may arise due to anal TB. The chest radiograph may be normal in patients with abdominal TB in up to 60% of cases.
TB peritonitis may develop causing ascites, and omental and peritoneal thickening. TB peritonitis is divided into three forms: wet, fi brotic, and dry. Wet peri­tonitis is characterized by a large amount of viscous ascetic fl uid (90% of cases). Fibrotic peritonitis is charac­terized by large omental masses and intestinal adhesions, causing the omentum to form a hard mass on palpation. Dry or plastic peritonitis is characterized by fi brous peri­toneal reaction, dens adhesions, and caseous nodules.
Diff erential Diagnoses and Related Diseases
Bauhin’s ileocecal valve syndrome is a rare sporadic
disease characterized by hypertrophic ileocecal valve in the absence of intestinal pathology. Patients clas­sically present with vague abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation, and even active bleeding or melena. Differential diagnoses include TB, lymphoma, adenocarcinoma, and infl ammatory bowel diseases. Nonreactive TB is a rare form of TB characterized by the formation large abscesses with large quantities of bacilli without granulomata. The abscesses may develop in the liver, lungs, or kidneys. Patients often present with fever, sepsis syndrome, and splenom­egaly. This form of TB has been associated with AIDS, lymphoma, chronic steroid users, diabetics, and patients with hematological disorders.
Signs on Barium enteroclysis and Enema
Ileocecal valve deformity, ulceration, and fi brosis. Wide gaping between the valve and the narrowed terminal ileum is called “ Fleischner sign .”
Coned cecum is a deformity of the cecum into a cone-shaped
structure due to prolonged infection and infl ammation. Conical cecum with a widely open ileocecal valve and fi xed terminal ileum is called “ Stierlin’s sign .”
Signs on CT
Thickened peritoneum may be seen as a tiny nodules or a thick nodular line surrounding the viscera beneath the abdominal walls, with marked enhancement after contrast injection. Irregular or focal omental thickening ( omental cake sign ). TB ascetic fl uid with septations is seen in 30–100% of cases. The fl uid typically has attenuation between 25 and 45 HU, which may refl ect its exodative nature. Retroperitoneal (e.g., parao-aortic) nodes enlargement. Intestinal adhesions are identifi ed on CT as intestinal loops sticking to the abdominal wall. In Bauhin’s ileocecal valve syndrome , the CT show hypertrophic ileocecal valve with dilated small bowel loops proximally. The absence of abnormal contrast enhancement, pathologic intestinal manifestations, and iliocecal mass are supportive signs that assist in establishing the diagnosis. Defi nite diagnosis requires colonic biopsy that typically shows hypertrophic muscularis layer with absence of infl ammatory or malignant changes.
Hepatic TB
Hepatic TB is seen as a part of miliary TB, and is char­acterized by hepatomegaly and liver failure. The bacilli reach the liver via hematogenous spread through the hepatic artery. TB can be one of the causes of hepatic peliosis.
Hepatic peliosis is a pathological condition charac-
terized by segmentally or focally dilated liver sinusoids,
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with or without macroscopically visible blood-fi lled cysts formation, with no preferential location in the liver. The blood-fi lled cysts can be lined by hepatocytes (parenchymal type) or lined by endothelium, and are based on aneurysmal dilatation of the central vein (phle­bectatic type). Hepatic peliosis is caused by chronic wasting diseases like TB and malignancies, and it is also reported in long-term abuse of anabolic steroids or pro­longed oral contraceptive use. Hepatic peliosis can be asymptomatic or causes liver failure, portal hyperten­sion, or fatal intra-abdominal bleeding. Peliosis may also occur in the spleen, bone marrow, and lymph nodes.
Signs on CT
Liver tuberculomas are abscesses that are seen on CT as multiple, scattered, hypodense lesions through the liver, 1–3 cm in size (Fig. 11.13.11 ). Large abscesses show ring enhancement after contrast injection. Hepatic peliosis has nonspecifi c features, and most reported features are variable. Histopathology is the defi nite diagnosing method. The most constant reported features are hypodense liver lesions that do not show mass eff ect over the adjacent vessels. The masses show a variable degree of enhancement, depending on the connection with the normal liver sinosoids. These masses represent areas of hepatic necrosis with internal hemorrhagic cysts formation.
Central Nervous System TB
Intracranial TB can occur without evidence of pulmo­nary TB. It occurs in 10% of AIDS patients. Up to 60% of patients with intracranial TB are younger than 20 years.
TB of the central nervous system may occur in the form of meningitis (often in children), abscess, tubercu­lomas, or spinal cord disease. Patients may present with seizures, cognitive changes, or neurological defi cits.
Signs on CT and MRI
Tuberculous meningitis : there is thickening and enhancement
of the meninges after contrast injection, along with signs of hydrocephalus due to basal meninges obstruction. Tuberculous meningitis usually occurs due to rupture of parenchymal granuloma into the subarachnoid space. Meningeal enhancement may persist for years after successful TB therapy.
Tuberculomas : seen as multiple nodular, ring enhancing
lesions (<1 cm). Only active tuberculomas enhance with contrast, while nonactive tuberculomas will not enhance. Tuberculoma may show mass eff ect over the adjacent brain parenchyma.
Tuberculous Abscess : seen as a hypodense area surrounded by
edema and uniform ring enhancement postcontrast injection (Fig. 11.13.12 ).
Fig. 11.13.11. Axial abdominal-enhanced CT shows multiple hypodense lesions in a patient with liver TB representing tuber­culomas ( arrowheads )
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Fig. 11.13.12. Axial postcontrast CT image show multiple tuber­culous abscesses in a patient with disseminated TB ( arrowheads )
Genitourinary TB
Renal TB commonly occurs due to hematogenous spread of M. tuberculosis from adjacent primary focus, usually from the lungs. The urinary tract is infected in 15% of patients.
In the kidneys, there are papillary lesions forming multiple granulomas, and irregular renal cavities that may communicate with the calyces.
Patients classically present with burning mictura­tion, frequent urination due to contracted bladder (29%), renal colic (13%), and (uncommonly) hema­tospermia. Patients with TB urinary symptoms do not respond to the usual antibiotics.
Epididymitis in males and tubo-ovarian abscess and infertility in females may be seen when the genital organs are infected with TB.
Fig. 11.13.13. Plain abdominal radiograph shows unilateral left renal parenchymal calcifi cation in a patient with TB
Signs on IVU
There are strictures of the calyces and calcifi cations within the renal parenchyma (Classic) (Fig. 11.13.13 ). The presence of psoas abscess supports the diagnosis of renal TB. Ureteral strictures may present at the infundibulum, the ureteropelvic junction, or the distal ureters (saw tooth appearance). The ureter may become a straight rigid tube, known as “ pipestem ureter .” End-stage renal TB results in a small, shrunk, and fi brotic kidney with poor function and parenchymal calcifi cations (putty kidney).
Signs on CT
Calcifi cations within the renal parenchyma are seen in up to 50% of cases. Fibrotic strictures of the infundibulum, renal pelvis, and ureters (diagnostic).
Putty kidney is a term used to describe end-stage TB kidney,
characterized by a shrunken kidney with extensive calcifi ca­tion that is associated with autonephrectomy (Fig. 11.13.14 ).
Phantom calyx is a kidney in which no collecting system
element can be identifi ed.
Thimble bladder is a very small bladder with reduced capacity
due to thick extensive calcifi cation of the bladder wall.
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affected. Patients present with progressive pain, swell­ing of the affected joint with loss of function due to septic arthritis, and synovial pannus formation.
Spina ventosa is a term used to describe a form of TB osteomyelitis where there is underlying bone destruc­tion, overlying periosteal thickening, and fusiform expansion of the bone. Very rarely, TB osteomyelitis can result after vaccination with Bacille-Calmette­Guérin (BCG) vaccine ( BCG osteomyelitis ). BCG vac- cine is used for preventing TB in many areas of the world, and it is composed of a live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis . BCG osteomyelitis usually arises in infants and children with low immunity, with a very low incidence (1 or 2 per several million vaccine recipi-
Fig. 11.13.14. Axial postcontrast abdominal CT illustration dem­onstrates right putty kidney
ents). Symptoms arise during a period ranging from a few months to 5 years postvaccination. The lesions occur in the epiphysis and metaphysis, and may cross the growth plate. BCG osteomyelitis is radiographi­cally identical to TB osteomyelitis. Diagnosis requires
Musculoskeletal TB
culture of the BCG strain for conformation.
Musculoskeletal TB is an uncommon condition that occurs in 1–3% of patients. M. tuberculosis often infects the musculoskeletal system via hematogenous spread.
Any bone can be affected, but the spine, hip, and knee are commonly affected, usually in young patients. Spinal TB is called “ Pott’s disease ,” and it often affects the thoracic spine (50% of cases). Pott’s disease is characterized by kyphosis, cold abscess, and paraple­gia. Cold abscess is a localized caseous collection that can be seen in the lymph nodes, TB of joints, and in Pott’s disease. In Pott’s disease, it occurs due to col­lapsed TB-infected vertebra with pus released into the adjacent paraspinal compartments. It can be seen as a retropharyngeal abscess (cervical Pott’s disease), ret­rocardial abscess (thoracic Pott’s disease), and psoas abscess (lumbar Pott’s disease).
Patients often present with progressive focal back pain and muscle spasm. Neurological defi cits, cauda equine compression syndrome, and paraplegia due to cord compression are uncommon neurological compli­cations of Pott’s disease. Paraplegia occurs in Pott’s disease (10% of cases) due to cord compression from a collapsed vertebra or due to spinal cord infarction from closed vessels due to endarteritis obliterans.
Tuberculous arthritis commonly affects one joint (monoarthritis). The hip or the knee joint is frequently
Diff erential Diagnoses and Related Diseases
Mycobacterium marinum fl exor tenosynovitis : M. mari- num is an atypical mycobacterial infection that inhabits
saltwater fi sh and swimming pools. Patients are often infected with M. marinum after abrasions or puncture to the hand while working with aquariums. Lesions start to appear 2–4 weeks after inoculation in the form of focal tenosynovitis of the hand, usually with lymphadenopa­thy in the ipsilateral arm. Diagnosis is often delayed for months due to lack of clinical suspicion, and is often mistaken for rheumatoid arthritis or gout arthropathy. Diagnosis is usually diffi cult and requires open surgical biopsy of the synovium with histological examination. Ziehl-Nielson stain is often negative, and diagnosis is established by modifi ed AFB (Fite) stain, which will stain the M. marinum . On MRI, there is fl exor tenosyno- vitis with hypertrophied synovium und contrast enhance­ment similar to the image seen in chronic granulomatous diseases. Unlike acute purulent tenosynovitis, the bone and the underlying muscles are rarely affected (charac­teristic fi nding). Tenosynovitis with normal muscle and bone marrow signal on postcontrast MRI in a fi sher­man or a patient dealing with aquariums should bring M. marinum tenosynovitis to mind.
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Signs on Radiograph
Vertebral end plate irregularities with decreased high of the disk intervertebral space (Fig. 11.13.15 ). In contrast to Pott’s
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disease, metastases destroy the vertebral bodies and spare the disc spaces, while in Pott’s diseases both vertebral body destruction and intervertebral disc space reduction are found.
Step-off kyphosis : there is loss of the anterior vertebral
endplates with herniation of the intervertebral disk into the vertebral bodies, causing kyphosis.
Gibbus deformity is referred to as destruction of multiple
thoracic vertebrae, causing angular kyphosis. Paraspinal (cold abscess) and psoas abscesses may develop due to extension of the infection to the nearby structures. The aff ected joint in tuberculous arthritis shows soft-tissue mass swelling with loss of the joint surface defi nition (Fig. 11.13.16 ). Articular cartilage destruction and erosion are commonly seen.
Phemister’s triad : juxta-articular osteoporosis, gradual
joint-space narrowing, and peripheral osseous erosions. It suggests TB arthritis, but is not specifi c.
Spina ventosa is typically seen in the short bones of the hands
and feet as cyst-like cavities with expansion of the diaphyses and soft-tissue swelling ( TB dactylitis ) .
Fig. 11.13.16. Plain radiograph of the ankle in a young patient with tuberculous arthritis shows lateral ankle soft-tissue swell­ing with bone destruction of the distal fi bular epiphysis and the metatarsal bones, suggesting osteomyelitis ( arrowheads )
Fig. 11.13.15. Lateral plain radiograph of the thoracic spine in a patient with thoracic Pott’s disease shows destruction of the verte­bral body and narrowing of the intervertebral disc space ( arrows )
Signs on CT
Psoas abscess is seen as an enlarged psoas muscle with a hypodense center due to abscess formation (Fig. 11.13.17 ). Rim enhancement after contrast injection is typically seen. Paraspinal cold abscess is detected as abnormal fl uid collection adjacent to vertebral destruction (Fig. 11.13.18 ). Borrowing abscess is a pathological situation characterized by tracts (sinuses) linking the infected vertebra with the peritoneal cavity. There may also be sinuses linking the infected vertebra with the muscles or the skin. Formation of an epidural abscess is the most feared complication of Pott’s disease, and it develops in 10–47% of patients.
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Tuberculous pericarditis that may lead to constric­tive pericarditis may occur due to invasion of the peri­cardium from the adjacent tuberculous hilar lympha denitis. It is a rare complication that may occur in 1% of cases. Also, direct bacilli invasion of the mediasti­num from the adjacent hilar tuberculous lymphade­nopathy may result in infl ammation of the mediastinal structures (mediastinitis).
Signs on Sonography and PD
Fig. 11.13.17. Axial pelvic CT in a patient with Pott’s disease shows a large right psoas abscess ( arrowhead ), which drains into both gluteal muscles ( arrows )
Fig. 11.13.18. Axial nonenhanced vertebral CT shows vertebral destruction in a patient with Pott’s disease, with left paraspinal cold abscess formation ( arrowheads )
TB cervical lymphadenopathy shows diff erent fl ow pattern signals on power Doppler sonography. The most frequent pattern is hilar fl ow, in which the fl ow signal branches from the hilus radially. The second pattern is peripheral , where the signal is spotted fl owing along the periphery of the enlarged node. A mixed pattern between the hilar and the peripheral can be seen.
Avascular nodes with no fl ow signal on PD may be seen, and attributed to caseous necrosis within the nodes.
Signs on CT
Enlarged, circular nodes with a mean size of 20 mm. Calcifi cation may be seen. Center caseation of the nodes is seen as low-attenuated center of the enlarged nodes (Fig. 11.13.19 ). After contrast administration, enhancement can be peripheral (characteristic of TB lymphadenopathy), homogeneous, or homogeneous mixed with peripheral enhancement.
Tuberculous Lymphadenitis
Tuberculous lymphadenitis is a common cause of lymphadenopathy in primary TB patients. It may occur in the pulmonary hilar nodes, cervical lymph nodes (called scrofula ), the mesenteric nodes, the para-aortic nodes, the axillary and the inguinal nodes. Tabes mes- enterica is a term used to describe primary TB lymph­adenopathy of the mesentery.
Nodal infection arises from hematogenous or lym­phatic TB dissemination. Clinical presentation depends on the lymph nodes affected. The affected nodes may erode into the adjacent organs, resulting in draining sinuses.
Fig. 11.13.19. Axial abdominal postcontrast CT in a patient with TB shows enlarged para-aortic lymph nodes with a hypodense center ( arrowheads )