Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) is the one of the most common communicable disease India. Tb manifests in two forms, pulmonary and extrapulmonary type. The pulmonary type is the most common manifestation that presents clinically as cough with expectoration, fever, night sweats and weight loss. Among the extrapulmonary type, lymphadenitis is the most common manifestation and we are presenting a case series of 2 Rare Isolated TB Lymphadenitis cases, the first is Isolated axillary lymphadenitis and the second is Isolated Cervical Lymphadenitis. Axillary TB lymphadenitis is more common in females. Chest X ray and Ultrasound are the primary investigations, histopathology being the confirmatory diagnostic test.
Source: ConductScience Journal
DOI: 10.55157/csj.v1i2.05
Authors: Chetanya Bhatti, Jayati Sahay
Institution: Government Medical College and Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4411112173