Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, or Kikuchi's lymphadenitis (KL), is an unusual form of lymphadenitis, generally with self-limited clinical course. KL has been reported in rare patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Pathogenesis of the lesion is probably related to an impaired immune function. The purpose of the present article is to report on one case in which KL ...

Clinical course of acute nonspecific lymphadenitis of the face and neck is studied in 241 patients aged 1-14 years in order to improve the diagnosis and therapy of this condition. General clinical examinations were supplemented by laser biophotometry and assessment of the activities of some local defense factors (lysozyme, beta-lysine, secretory and serum IgA). Multiple-modality treatment for t...

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar, is a life-threatening systemic disease caused by the obligate intracellular protozoan, Leishmania, and transmitted to humans by the female phlebotomine sand fly (Phlebotomus argentipes). The disease is fatal, if left untreated. We report a case of a patient clinically suspected of disseminated tuberculosis, but fine needle aspiration cytolog...

Tuberculosis lymphadenitis (TBLN) is the most common extra pulmonary TB (EPTB) case in world with a range of 30-40% all EPTB cases. When body's immune system cannot kill pathogen, body will try to contain pathogen (granuloma). The outer portion granuloma becomes calcified and cells center undergo necrosis. formation central necrosis associated emergence cellular hypersensitivity features local ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The emergence of drug resistance tuberculosis (TB) is a significant challenge for TB control and prevention programmes, and the major problem is multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The present study was carried out to determine the frequency of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates among newly and retreated TB lymphadenitis patients and risk factors f...

Background: Only 17 cases of neonatal submandibular sialadenitis have been described in neonates. These infections are frequently caused by gram-positive cocci. We unexpectedly observed multiple cases of sialadenitis and cervical adenitis in our regional NICU within a few years, as staphylococcal aureus infections have become more prevalent in the hospital and community. Therefore, we postulate...

Extrafollicular reticulum cells in lymph nodes are heterogeneous. They express cytokeratins, desmin, and/or vimentin as their intermediate filament profile. Using those markers, we undertook an immunohistochemical study of human lymph nodes under various pathologic conditions. Samples included 15 simple reactive lymph nodes, 7 follicular hyperplasia, 1 necrotizing lymphadenitis, 4 tuberculous l...

Kikuchi’s lymphadenitis (KL), also called as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a reactive condition of a lymph node which has a distinct clinical manifestation but unknown etiology. In most of the cases, it presents as a cervical lymphadenopathy mainly in young adults, especially women. It undergoes a self-limiting course within a few weeks to several months. However, unnecessary excisi...

INTRODUCTION Information on the long-term treatment outcome following nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lymphadenitis is very limited. We performed a study to (a) compare cure rates following different initial treatment courses, (b) describe subsequent treatment courses and their outcomes, and (c) determine the occurrence of late sequelae in immunocompetent children with NTM lymphadenitis. M...

BACKGROUND Tuberculous is the leading cause of death worldwide with a large number of deaths occurring in developing countries. Tuberculous lymphadenitis is among the most common presentations of extra pulmonary tuberculous. This study attempts to determine the magnitude of tuberculous lymphadenitis from patients with lymph node aspirate in Gondar University Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. METH...