Application of Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography on the Adjunct Corticosteroid Therapy on Tuberculous Lymphadenitis: a Randomized Control Trial
1. To prospectively collect the radiologic data from the initial phase till the post-treatment phase of tuberculous lymphadenitis. 2. To prospectively investigate the benefits of corticosteroid on reduction of paradoxical upgrading reaction in patients with tuberculous lymphadenitis based on the results of shear wave elastography. 3. To investigate the potential biomarker of host immunity in response to tuberculosis and predict the development of paradoxical upgrading reaction.
• Participants diagnosed of tuberculous lymphadenitis.
• The diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis must qualify any of the following criteria:
‣ microbiological evidence (culture or nucleic acid amplification test)
⁃ histology specimen featuring caseating granulomatous inflammation with acid-fast bacilli on smear, or clinical response to anti-tuberculosis therapy.