Tuberculosis Diagnosis

MRI well-suited for measuring spinal involvement

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, May 14th, 2002

by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can accurately measure the extent of spinal tuberculosis, particularly its spread into posterior spinal elements, researchers say.

"Recently, there has been a renewed interest in [spinal] tuberculosis in the west because of its reemergence, especially in immunocompromised patients (e.g., HIV)," explained Dr. Ranjeet S. Narlawar and colleagues at K.E.M. Hospital in Parel and Dr. Balabhai Nanavati Hospital and Research Center in Mumbai, India, the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "The classic radiologic picture of 'two vertebral...

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