2004
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-39842004000300006
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Emprego da tomografia computadorizada na detecção de alterações das adrenais em doentes com tuberculose

Abstract: 167detectados fragmentos de DNA do bacilo tuberculoso em múmias egípcias com mais de 5.400 anos (4) . Antes da existência do tratamento específico, a tuberculose era a causa mais comum de insuficiência da adrenal, e 70% a 80% dos casos de doença de Addison eram causados pelo M. tuberculosis (5,6) . A tuberculose das adrenais associa-se freqüen-temente com outros focos da infecção, principalmente com as formas pulmonar e geniturinária, e raramente é manifestação isolada da doença Neste estudo foram avaliadas, p… Show more

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“…Imaging findings depend on the phase of infection. Typical features include unilateral or bilateral enlarged, heterogeneously enhancing adrenal glands, with areas of necrosis in active disease, and calcification in late or resolving infection ( 32 , 33 ) . Tissue analysis is required to confirm the diagnosis, but treatment is often started empirically, supported by clinical findings of tuberculosis or positive skin testing ( 31 ) .…”
Section: Benign Lesionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Imaging findings depend on the phase of infection. Typical features include unilateral or bilateral enlarged, heterogeneously enhancing adrenal glands, with areas of necrosis in active disease, and calcification in late or resolving infection ( 32 , 33 ) . Tissue analysis is required to confirm the diagnosis, but treatment is often started empirically, supported by clinical findings of tuberculosis or positive skin testing ( 31 ) .…”
Section: Benign Lesionsmentioning
confidence: 99%