BACKGROUND Due to a similarity between the features of lymphoma and the features of tuberculosis, lymphoma may go unrecognized and undiagnosed in patients with tuberculosis. CASE PRESENTATION A 33-year-old Thai man presented to our center with typical clinical manifestations of tuberculous lymphadenitis, with negative tests for both acid-fast bacilli and fungi, and negative polymerase chain r...

BACKGROUND Tuberculous lymphadenitis is next to pulmonary tuberculosis as the most common cause of tuberculosis. Uganda genotype, one of the sub-lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is the most prevalent cause of pulmonary tuberculosis in Uganda. We here investigate the clinicopathological characteristics of patients with tuberculous lymphadenitis infected with M. tuberculosis Uganda genotyp...

The aim of the study was to determine the optimal duration of treatment for patients with tuberculous lymphadenitis. The Medline database was searched for relevant articles published between 1978-1997. Inclusion criteria were study populations of patients with predominantly cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis in whom the diagnosis had been confirmed bacteriologically and/or histologically, or wa...

BACKGROUND Although the prevalence of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis has decreased after the wide use of anti-tuberculous agents, recently the number of reports with the disease has slightly increased in accordance with advances in the diagnostic tools. A case of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis without any tuberculous lesions in other organs (primary nasopharyngeal tuberculosis) was reported. CASE R...

OBJECTIVE Although tuberculous lymphadenitis and Kikuchi disease are common causes of cervical lymphadenopathy in Asians and exhibit similar clinical manifestations, their treatment strategies are totally different. The purpose of this study was to identify ultrasonographic features that distinguish these two diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was approved by the Institutional Review ...

BACKGROUND: Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is a cytokine of Th2 response and plays role as reducer or silencer Th1 work. It more related to allergic processes, with consequent loss control the disease (i.e., tuberculosis). Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) Type II interferon that inhibits immune inducts inhibit tuberculous viral replication, any immunostimulatory immunomodulatory effects. Dark specks (DS) are in ...

Background: Lymph nodes are spread throughout the body and routinely checked for abnormalities. These lymph have potential to become infected or malignant. The swelling of which abnormal in terms size and/or number is commonly known as lymphadenopathy. One most common causes lymphadenopathy observed reactive lymphadenitis followed by granulomatous lymphadenitis. For diagnosis node biopsies, exc...

Background: TB lymphadenitis is still a problem that needs serious treatment. In Indonesia, it was reported 53% of cases were extrapulmonary tuberculosis, with the most being Lymphadenitis TB, 11.6%. children, 43% tuberculosis are lymphadenitis. Diagnosis quite difficult; method determining diagnosis and appropriate comprehensive treatment required in managing Lymphadenitis. Materials Methods: ...

Tuberculosis remains one of the major causes morbidity and mortality in developing countries like India despite intense health campaigning Government Programmes. Tuberculous lymphadenitis is most common extrapulmonary manifestation tuberculosis; incidence still on a higher margin, especially resource-poor areas, which often goes unnoticed to date as diagnostic challenge Pathologists. The novel ...