CASE REPORT
Phthisiology
doi: 10.25005/2074-0581-2024-26-1-161-164
EFFECTIVENESS OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN HIV-INFECTED CHILDREN: A CASE REPORT

O.I. BOBOKHOJAEV, M.U. BOBOEV, G.M. NUROVA

Department of Phthisiopulmonology, Avicenna Tajik State Medical University, Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan

On average, almost every second case of tuberculosis (TB) among patients with HIV infection remains undetected. A clinical observation of two twin girls aged nine years is presented here when extrapulmonary foci of TB dissemination were identified using high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the whole body. This paper presents a clinical case illustrating the high effectiveness of MRI compared with computed tomography (CT) with less radiation exposure of the body of an HIV-infected child.

Keywords: Tuberculosis, HIV infection, children, diagnostics, magnetic resonance imaging, molecular genetic method, immunochromatographic method, clinical case.

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Authors' information:

Bobokhojaev Oktam Ikramovich
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Full Professor, Head of the Department of Phthisiopulmonology, Avicenna Tajik State Medical University
Scopus ID: 55841885300
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8619-3426
SPIN: 6745-5078
Author ID: 275977
E-mail: bobokhojaev@mail.ru

Boboev Manuchehr Umarovich
Phthisiatrician, Children's Tuberculosis Hospital in Dushanbe; Applicant of the Department of Phthisiopulmonology, Avicenna Tajik State Medical University
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8619-3426
E-mail: info@lukmoni-hakim.tj

Nurova Gulnoza Mukhtorovna
Assistant of the Department of Phthisiopulmonology, Avicenna Tajik State Medical University
ORCID ID: 0009-0006-4386-6228
E-mail: nurova.g.92@mail.ru

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The authors did not receive financial support from manufacturers of medicines and medical equipment

Conflicts of interest: No conflict

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Bobokhojaev Oktam Ikramovich
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Full Professor, Head of the Department of Phthisiopulmonology, Avicenna Tajik State Medical University

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