Radiologic Findings of the Anthrax: Focus on Alimentary Anthrax
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
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: 599-603, 1995.
Artigo
em Coreano
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To evaluate the radiologic findings of alimentary anthrax. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
19 patients with alimentary anthrax, which was caused by ingestion of contaminated beef, were included in this study. The diagnosis was made .b.y demonstration of Bacillus anthracis in smear and culture of the contaminated meat. We evaluated the clinical manifestations and the findings of thoracic, abdominal radiographs, cervical, abdominal ultrasonograms and abdominal CT scans.RESULTS:
Out of the 19 patients with the alimentary infection, 9 had oropharyngeal form, 18 had abdominal form and 8 had combination of oropharyngeal and abdominal form. The patients had general symptoms and signs such as fever, chill, myalgia. Clinical symptoms and signs were sore throat, throat injection, throat ulcer and patch in oropharyngeal form, and nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and gross GI bleeding in abdominal form. Radiologic findings included enlarged cervical lymph nodes(36%) in oropharyngeal form, and paralytic ileus(26%), ascites(26%), hepatomegaly(21%), enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes(26%), small bowel wall thickening(5%) in abdominal form. In two patients, late complications occurred as intestinal obstruction due to ileal stricture with perforation, and inflammatory changes of pelvic cavity due to ileovesical fistula.CONCLUSION:
Radiologic findings of alimentary anthrax are difficult in differentiation from those of other inflammatory bowel disease, but those radiologic findings with clinical manifestations may be helpful in diagnosis and evaluation of disease process in patients with alimentary anthrax.
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Assunto principal:
Faringe
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Bacillus anthracis
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Úlcera
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Vômito
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Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais
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Faringite
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Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Dor Abdominal
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Ultrassonografia
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Constrição Patológica
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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