Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis is a chronic specific granlumatous inflamation of lymph node with caseation necrosis caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis is most common manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and is very frequent cause of peripheral lymadenitis, recently trend is on increasing because of IV drug abusers and HIV, its more common in children and young adults (between 11 to 30 years age group) and slight more common in females.
Tubercular lymadenitis is in 63% cases in cervical region, 27% cases mediastenal and in 8% cases in axillary region and distributed in 51% cases in posterior triangle of neck and 48% in deep upper cervical lymph nodes, most of time 85% cases its unilateral. Stages of Tubercular lymphadenitis are like this: Lymphadenitis Periadenitis Cold abscess Collar stud abscess Sinus Clinical presentation Slowly,…
