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Date Published: 15/07/2025
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.55046/vjrnm.59.1182.2025
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No. 59 (2025)
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Scientific research
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Huynh, D. N. (2025). CHARACTERISTICS OF LUNG LESIONS ON HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (HRCT) IN NEW PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AFB(-) PATIENTS. Vietnamese Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 59, 20-27. https://doi.org/10.55046/vjrnm.59.1182.2025

CHARACTERISTICS OF LUNG LESIONS ON HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (HRCT) IN NEW PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AFB(-) PATIENTS

Huynh Dinh Nghia1,
1 Binh Dinh Provincial Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Hospital

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Abstract

Objective: to determine HRCT imaging features in new pulmonary tuberculosis AFB(-) patients and correlate these features with culture results.

Meterial and method: We conducted a study on 130 active pulmonary tuberculosis patients with bacteriological evidence by Gene Xpert test but AFB (-) sputum examination were divided into two groups according to sputum culture results. ,described HRCT characteristics.

Results: Average age 58.3±14.9, male/female =2.6, average BMI 17.3 ±2.6 HRCT characteristics: centrilobular nodules 86.2%, tree in bud 77.6%, large nodule 66.2%, consolidation 47.7%, cavity 45.4%, ground glass opacity 20%, mediastinal lymphadenopathy 4.6%, pleural effusion 3.8%. Location of injury: Right upper lobe 82.3%, left upper lobe 73.8%, right lower lobe 59.2%, left lower lobe 56.9%, right middle lobe 52.3%, distributed in the right lung 82.3%, left lung 73.8%, both lungs 71.5%.

Conclusion: There are no significant differences in high-resolution computed tomography imaging characteristics in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis with positive and negative culture results.

Keywords: HRCT, Tuberculosis

Keywords

HRCT, Tuberculosis

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