A Clinical Study of Cervical Lymphadenopathy
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The aim of study is to know the etiology of cervical lymphadenopathy and to study clinical presentation and clinical course and management of cervical lymphadenopathy. Patients And Methods The study was conducted in government general hospital /Guntur Medica! College, Guntur between the period of 3 years i.e. from November 2012 to October2014. The present study includes 72 patients in both outpatients and in patients in the Department of General Surgery. Results: Of the 72 patients we studied , 66.66% are found to be having Cervical Lymphadentis due to Tuberculosis and 18.5% are due to Reactive Cervical Lymphadenitis 5,33 % are due to secondaries , 4.16% are due to Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and 1.38% are due to Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Conclusion: Of the 72 cases studied, tuberculosis had the maximum incidence [66.66%], followed by reactive type of lymph nodes[18.5%]. They were put on anti tubercular drugs for 6 months, recovery was 100%.The cheapest and the most reliable method of diagnosis was fine needle aspiration cytology.
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