BACKGROUND This study aims to evaluate the etiology of cervical lymphadenopathies in children and define significance demographic, clinical, laboratory features prediction malignancy. METHODS Medical records 527 patients were reviewed retrospectively between 2015 2019. The examined terms demographics, radiologic, serologic findings. A lymph node biopsy was performed selected patients. risk fact...

BACKGROUND Some tumor types are related to HIV, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). The morbidity and mortality of NHL has remained high, even after highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) was introduced. We collected cases of AIDS with NHL, and evaluated the imaging features and strategies for diagnosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS There were 27 patients with AIDS and tumors confirmed by pa...

BACKGROUND Opportunistic infections and malignancies cause lymphadenopathy in HIV-infected patients. The use and accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology in diagnosing of cervical lymphadenopathy among HIV-infected patients is not well studied in Uganda. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology in providing a diagnosis of c...

We report an 82 yr old man with isolated intrathoracic lymphadenopathy of tuberculous origin, which is an extremely uncommon presentation of tuberculosis especially in elderly Caucasian patients. The diagnosis was suggested by the computerized tomographic (CT)-scan showing central hypodense areas after contrast, and was subsequently proved by mediastinoscopic biopsy with histological and microb...

Lymph node biopsy specimens from 22 patients with chronic inflammatory joint disease have been studied. The histology has been reviewed and immunoperoxidase staining carried out for the major immunoglobulin heavy and light chains, macrophage markers, and MT1, MB1 surface markers. Although two of these patients had been initially diagnosed and treated for malignant lymphoma, the clinical course ...