Prevalence of Tuberculous Lymphadenitis in accordance with regions involved at Tertiary Care Hospital.
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Key words:- Extra pulmonary, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Excision biopsy, ATT, FNAC.Abstract
Introduction:- Tuberculous lymphadentis is the most common type of extra pulmonary tuberculosis throughout the world. The common organism involved is Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Swelling on affected area is the common symptom along with low grade fever and history of weight loss. Excision biopsy is done to confirm its diagnosis after FNAC done for cytology. Anti Tuberculous therapy is given for appropriate time with sufficient dose.
Type of study:- Cross sectional
Duration of study: One year Mar 2019 to Feb 2020
Place of study:- Surgical Unit 2 PMCH Nawabshah.
Results:- Total 150 patients were taken for the study. 56 diagnosed with cytology were included in the study. 30 (53.57%) were female and 26 (46.42%) were male. Age ranged from 14 -70 years . The regions involved were also different. Of all, 15 (26.78% ) patients presented with inguinal lymphadenopathy. 28 (50% ) cases were of cervical area. 10 (17.85% ) cases had axillary lymphadenpathy. Only 2 (3.57% ) patients were of submandibular area and 1(1.78%) patient was of submental.
Conclusion:- it is summed up that prevalence in our study like other studies of the world is higher. The most common region involved is cervical followed by inguinal, axillary, submandibular and submental.
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