Jamil Ahmad Khan, Mukhtar Mehboob, Ehsan Ul Wadood, Abdul Qayyum, Ghulam Rasoool Arbab.
Tuberculous Cervical Lymphadenopathy.
J Surg Pak Jan ;6(3):16-8.

To ascertain the prevalence of tuberculous lymphadenopathy among the patients of cervical lymphadenopathy this study was carried out from Jan 1995 to December 1999 at Department of Surgery, Sandeman (Prow.) Hospital, Quetta. A total of 151 patient included in this study had no previous diagnosis. The commonest age group (28.7%) was between 11-20 years. They were all biopsied by open surgical method. The youngest patient was 2 year old and the oldest 80 years. Male patients 84 (55.6%) had slight predominance over female 67 (44.3%). The prevalence of tuberculosis was 56 per 100 patients which showed that tuberculosis is one of the major cause of cervical lymphadenopathy with atypical presentation in our population.

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