Introduction: Fine needle aspiration cytology is a simple, cost effective, out-patient diagnostic procedure done for palpable lumps in the body. Chronic lymphadenopathy is local manifestation of a systemic disease and Tuberculosis is the most common cause for lymphadenopathy accounting for increased number of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in both developing as well as developed countries. Couplin...

PATIENT Female, 21. FINAL DIAGNOSIS Tuberculous lyphadenitis. SYMPTOMS Cough dry • fever • subcutaneous mass • weight loss. MEDICATION - CLINICAL PROCEDURE - SPECIALTY Pulmonology. OBJECTIVE Unusual clinical course. BACKGROUND Enlargement of lymph nodes during treatment of Tuberculous lymphadenitis is well recognized phenomenon in HIV infected patient with ample literature to help...

Eleven cases of histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis were studied. Originally four were misdiagnosed as cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis. The characteristic symptoms and signs were local tenderness, fever, leucocytopenia and good prognosis. Antibody to Epstein-Barr virus was elevated in 2 of 3 cases. Biopsy of the affected lymph node was necessary when the differential diagnosis from lymph n...

Lymphadenopathy is a rare mode of presentation of cysticercus infestation. Hence, in endemic areas, cysticercosis must be included in the differential diagnosis of superficial palpable swellings in the neck region. We report two cases of cervical lymphadenopathy which were clinically suspected to be of tuberculous etiology. However, fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) revealed features of pa...