[Lymph node tuberculosis in Cameroon: clinical and anatomo-pathologic aspects; apropos of 333 cases].
For a period of 11 years and 7 months (1st January 78-31 July 89), 1950 lymph nodes were received in the pathology laboratory of Cameroon. 333 of these, that is 17% revealed typical lesions of tuberculosis. Analysing the information associated to these tuberculoid adenitis revealed that: 46% of the patients were less than 10 years of age; 83.8% of the specimens were taken from the cervical region. 78% of patients had fever, cough was complained of by 56% and 40% had polyadenopathies. Finally, 81% of the tuberculoid lymph nodes analyzed had a diameter less than 5cm while only 33% showed acid fast bacilli on direct examination (Ziehl-Neelsen staining method) on the histologic slides.
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Département de Pathologie, Centre Universitaire des Sciences de la Santé, Yaoundé-Cameroun.
Onana
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Noumen
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Essame
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Michel
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Abondo
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002163:Cameroon; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*
Tuberculose ganglionnaire au Cameroun: aspects cliniques et anatomo-pathologiques; a propos de 333 cas.