Cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis: diagnosis and demographics, a five-year case series in the UK.
Conclusion The 'typical' patient with cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis in our region is a young healthy individual who came to the UK from a high-risk country several years earlier. Diagnosis by fine-needle aspiration is as effective as open biopsy if fluid/pus is aspirated. Open biopsy is potentially associated with complications but does not appear to increase chronic wound discharge rates in our series.
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Source: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England - Category: Surgery Authors: Moualed D, Robinson M, Qureishi A, Gurr P Tags: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Source Type: research
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