Tuberculous (TB) pleural effusion occurs in approximately 5% of patients with
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. The HIV pandemic has been associated with a …

This review discusses real-time pulmonary ultrasonography (US) for the practicing
pulmonologist. US supplements chest radiography and chest CT scanning. Major …

This guideline has assessed available evidence and attempted to gauge consensus opinion
where evidence is unavailable. The lack of paediatric data, in particular from randomised …

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a common worldwide lung infection. The radiological
features show considerable variation, but in most cases they are characteristic enough to …

Tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) is the second most common presentation of
extrapulmonary tuberculosis. The paucibacillary nature of the effusion poses diagnostic …

Background: Lung ultrasound (LUS) is a widely available technique allowing rapid bedside
detection of different respiratory disorders. Its reliability in the diagnosis of community …

Background: Chest ultrasound (CUS) has been shown to be a sensitive and specific
imaging modality for pneumothorax, pneumonia, and pleural effusions. However, the role of …

Pleural tuberculosis (TB) is a common entity with similar epidemiological characteristics to
pulmonary TB. It represents a spectrum of disease that can variably self-resolve or progress …

The pleural space is a “potential” anatomical space which is formed of two layers: visceral
and parietal. It normally contains a trace of fluid (∼ 10 mL in each hemithorax). Diseases of …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a severe infectious disease that still represents a major cause of
mortality and morbidity worldwide. For these reasons, clinicians and radiologists should use …