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1460701

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-1-13
pubmed:abstractText
In this prospective study, 92 patients with cervical lymphadenopathy presenting at Khartoum Teaching Hospital were studied. The commonest cause was found to be tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis (TCA) comprising 49%, followed by malignancy (35%) including both primary neoplasm (15 cases) and metastatic lesions (17 cases). The tuberculous group were young patients mainly from low socioeconomic classes. The most affected nodes were in the posterior triangle, followed by upper jugular and supraclavicular nodes. In the malignant group, half the patients had primary reticulo-endothelial neoplasm and the other half had metastatic tumours, most often from the nasopharynx. The triad of symptoms of fever, fatigue and loss of weight was found equally in tuberculous and lymphoma patients. Hence empirical use of antituberculous therapy without histological diagnosis resulted in delay in diagnosis of malignancy. Antituberculous therapy should be preceded by histological proof wherever possible.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-5304
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
416-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Cervical lymphadenopathy in Khartoum.
pubmed:affiliation
Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article