Lymphadenopathy: Differentiation between Tuberculosis and Other Non-Tuberculosis Causes like Follicular Lymphoma
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Lymphadenopathy: Differentiation between Tuberculosis and Other Non-Tuberculosis Causes like Follicular Lymphoma
Lymphadenopathy (LD) is a common clinical presentation in outpatient departments (1–3). It is a cause of concern for the patient and physician alike even in the absence of symptoms (4). In India and some other developing countries, tuberculosis (TB) is the first differential diagnosis for a patient who presents with chronic lymph node enlargement (4–6). Nonetheless, studies have shown that more...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Public Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2296-2565
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00031