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Diagnosis of
tuberculous lymphadenitis in Butajira, rural Ethiopia.
Extra-pulmonary TB constitutes 15-20% of all cases of Tuberculosis.2 TB Lymphadenitis is seen in nearly 35% of extra-pulmonary cases.2 Cervical lymph nodes are the most common site of involvement (60-90%).2
Tuberculous lymphadenitis historically named 'scrofula'.
Of the 496 cases, 227 (45.8%) aspirates were reported as the cytomorphology of
tuberculous lymphadenitis. The rest of the cases were of abscess 4.2% (21/496), chronic reactive hyperplasia 15.5% (77/496), metastatic carcinoma 32.7% (162/496), and lymphoma 1.8% (9/496).
Xpert MTB/RIF for rapid diagnosis of
tuberculous lymphadenitis from fine-needle aspiration biopsy specimens.
Tuberculous lymphadenitis is the most frequent presentations of extra pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) [1].
The most common expression of extrapulmonary tuberculosis is
tuberculous lymphadenitis, which presents as asymptomatic enlargement of cervical or supraclavicular lymph nodes.
Despite the decline of pulmonary tuberculosis in western world, the incidence of
tuberculous lymphadenitis has remained the same in Pakistan3.
Pattern of
tuberculous lymphadenitis diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Cutaneous forms of TB include lupus tuberculosis,
tuberculous lymphadenitis, colliquative tuberculosis, verrucous tuberculosis and ulcerous tuberculosis [3].