title: Modern management of cervical scrofula.
abstract: From 1970 to 1984, 32 patients were treated for tuberculous (TB) masses, which measured 1.2-5.5 cm. The posterior triangle was involved in 19 patients, anterior triangle in 7, and more than one triangle in 6 (3 bilateral). A superficial node was excised for diagnosis. Acid-fast bacilli were identified on the smear of 18 patients. Caseation necrosis was present in 27 specimens, sarcoidosis in four, nonspecific lymphadenitis in one; all cultures grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A chest x-ray showed no active TB. Chemotherapy was given for 9-18 months (9 months when only one node was diseased and 18 months with extensive nodal involvement). Follow-up examinations in all patients (greater than 3 years, mean 8.6 years) has revealed no recurrence. The need to excise all cervical TB nodes, chronically inflamed and often fused to important structures, was eliminated by adequate chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Health Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deitel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bendago
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krajden
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ronald
authors.forename: Z J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Borowy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D004977:Ethambutol; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin; D013307:Streptomycin