Radiology Case Reports (Apr 2022)

Latent tuberculosis reactivation in the setting of SARS-Cov-2 infection: The analysis of the radiologic features that help the diagnosis

  • Maria Iovino, MD,
  • Martina Caruso, MD,
  • Antonio Corvino, MD, PhD,
  • Nicola Vargas, MD,
  • Federica Sandomenico,
  • Andrea Cantelli, MD,
  • Maurizio Rispo, MD,
  • Vincenzo Pennacchio, MD,
  • Giuseppa Fernandes, MD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 4
pp. 1309 – 1312

Abstract

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In Italy tuberculosis is a relatively rare disease and people coming from developing nations are usually affected. The radiological findings are variable and depend on the tuberculosis activity, if primary or post-primary. In literature, few data are reported about the co-existence of COVID-19 and lung tuberculosis. In this case report, authors describe the imaging features of latent lung tuberculosis in a patient with SARS-CoV-2 disease. The important role of CT imaging in identifying and diagnosing other infectious lung diseases presenting in the setting of the polymorphism and severity of SARS-CoV-2 disease is also discussed.

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