Affiliation:
1. Associate Professor, Department of TB& CD, Andhra Medical College.
2. Former Professor, Department of TB& CD, Andhra Medical College.
3. Professor, Department of TB& CD, Andhra Medical College.
4. Professor & HOD, Department of TB& CD, Andhra Medical College.
Abstract
Lymphadenopathy is a common clinical manifestation in our day to
day practice. Enlarged lymphnodes could be due to infection,
metastatic malignancy or lymphoma (1) Tuberculous lymphadenitis is
the most common extra pulmonary TB (EPTB) manifestation of TB
and the majority of the cases have no active lung involvement .(2)(3)
TB is an important health problem in developing and under developed
countries. The diagnosis of tuberculous Lymphadenitis remains
challenging, inspite of the availability of several diagnostic modalities.
FNAC offers a simple and safe option for specimen collection. Fine
needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is an economical and reliable
minimally invasive investigation. (18)
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