Published in:
01-10-2019 | Original Article
Clinicopathological Profile of Cervical Tubercular Lymphadenitis with Special Reference to Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology
Authors:
Champion Venkateshalu Srinivas, Swati Nair
Published in:
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
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Special Issue 1/2019
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Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major killer with a majority of 80–100 per lakh and 2–3% of patients attending our hospital are suffering from tuberculosis. Glandular TB appears to be high in our society. Fifty cases of cervical lymph nodes were collected in ENT department and studied. The diagnosis of TB cervical lymph nodes by disease process is only on ‘Histopathological ground’.The aim of the present study is to establish the claim of TB cervical lymph node as a disease process.