Jan Muhammad Memon, Altaf Ahmed Talpur, Roshan Ali Solangi, Abdul Razaque Qazi, Syed Qaiser Hussain Naqvi, Anwar Ali Akhund.
An audit of peripheral lymphadenopathy.
Pak J Surg Jan ;23(3):183-6.

Objective: To evaluate the causes of Peripheral Lymphadenopathy. Design & Duration: A descriptive and cross sectional study conducted from July 2004 to June 2006. Setting: Department of Surgery and Pathology, Nawabshah Medical College & Hospital, Nawabshah. Patients: A total of 116 patients with Peripheral Lymphadenopathy. Methodology: The patients were evaluated for out come parameters in relation to age, sex, site and specific cause of peripheral lymphadenopathy. Results: A total of 116 patients including 64 (55.17%) females and 52 (44.82%) males were evaluated for peripheral lymphadenopathy. Their ages ranged between nine months to 70 years with a mean age of 27.15 years; majority belonged to the age group 11 to 20 years. Forty seven (40.51 %) patients had cervical lymph nodes enlargement, 42 (36.20%) mesenteric, 24 (20.86%) axillary and 3 (2.85%) inguinal nodes enlargement. Tuberculosis and malignancy were the main causes of lymphadenopathy with an incidence of 53.44% and 13.79% respectively. Nine (7.75%) cases had acute lymphadenitis and 27 (23.25%) reactive hyperplasia, while in two (1.72%) cases no pathology was detected. Conclusion: Peripheral Lymphadenopathy without any obvious cause presents a diagnostic dilemma.

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