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Tuberculous Lymphadenitis
Aka: Tuberculous Lymphadenitis
- See Also
- Tuberculosis
- Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
- Epidemiology
- Most common form of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
- Signs
- Chronic Cervical Lymphadenopathy is most common
- However any Lymph Node distribution may be involved
- Node consistency
- Initial: Firm, discrete, nontender
- Later, untreated: Coalesced, matted nodes
- Later, untreated: Fluctuant nodes drain to surface
- Initially with treatment: Enlarged or new nodes
- Diagnosis
- FNA for PCR of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is preferred
- Management
- See Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
- References
- Jha (2001) Postgrad Med 77:185-7 [PubMed]