Endosonographic characteristics of mediastinal lymph nodes for predicting malignancy in high tuberculosis burden settings: a study of 774 subjects.

Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad Valliappan Muthu Inderpaul Singh Sehgal Sahajal DhooriaNavneet SinghNalini Gupta Ashutosh Nath Aggarwal Ritesh Agarwal

Published in: Expert review of respiratory medicine (2022)

Endosonographic characteristics, such as round shape and the coagulation necrosis sign, are not specific for malignancy in high tuberculosis prevalence areas.

Keyphrases

lymph node
mycobacterium tuberculosis
risk factors
pulmonary tuberculosis
hiv aids
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
sentinel lymph node
ultrasound guided
adverse drug
hiv infected
antiretroviral therapy