TUBERCULOUS CERVICAL LY M P H A D E N I T I S Intr

TUBERCULOUS CERVICAL LY M P H A D E N I T I S Introduction

This is common in the Indian subcontinent. A young person who has recently arrived from an endemic area, presenting with cervical lymphadenopathy , should be diagnosed as having tuberculous lymphadenitis unless otherwise proven. With acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) being globally prevalent, this is not as rare in the West in the indigenous population as it used to be.

Figure 6.34 Cervical tuberculous: cold abscess about to burst.

TUBERCULOUS CERVICAL LY M P H A D E N I T I S Introduction

This is common in the Indian subcontinent. A young person who has recently arrived from an endemic area, presenting with cervical lymphadenopathy , should be diagnosed as having tuberculous lymphadenitis unless otherwise proven. With acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) being globally prevalent, this is not as rare in the West in the indigenous population as it used to be.

Figure 6.34 Cervical tuberculous: cold abscess about to burst.