Non-caseating submental tuberculous lymphadenopathy: A case report - Case Reports in Clinical Medicine

CRCM > Vol.2 No.5, August 2013

Non-caseating submental tuberculous lymphadenopathy: A case report ()

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DOI: 10.4236/crcm.2013.25078 4,607 Downloads 6,980 Views

Author(s)

M. E. Asuquo, V. I. Nwagbara, S. Akpan, G. Ebughe, T. Ugbem, I. M. Asuquo

Affiliation(s)

Department of Curriculum and Teaching, Faculty of Education, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.
Department of Pathology, University of Calabar/University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria.
Department of Surgery, University of Calabar/University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria;.

ABSTRACT

Chronic peripheral lymphadenopathy in adults is an indication of pathology of which tuberculosis is the commonest in the developing countries. Presented is a 36-year-old with a huge chronic Submental lymphadenopathy in a seronegative patient of 7 years duration. Histology revealed non-caseating tuberculosis. Tuberculosis should be considered in Submental lymphadenopathy. Despite the long duration, the absence of cold abscess, and or sinus formation may be an indication of the non-caseating tuberculous lymphadenopathy.

KEYWORDS

Tuberculosis; Submental Lymph Node; Non-Caseating Granuloma

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Asuquo, M. , Nwagbara, V. , Akpan, S. , Ebughe, G. , Ugbem, T. and Asuquo, I. (2013) Non-caseating submental tuberculous lymphadenopathy: A case report. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 2, 291-293. doi: 10.4236/crcm.2013.25078.

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