title: Mycobacterial cervical adenitis in children: medical and surgical management.
abstract: This is a review of the treatment results of cervicofacial mycobacterial adenitis in 85 children and adolescents. Twenty-three patients were treated with only anti-tuberculous medications (Group A). Thirteen underwent surgical procedures at the time of presentation for drainage of abscess or diagnostic biopsy, followed by treatment with anti-tuberculous medications (Group B). Forty-nine were initially treated with anti-tuberculous medications, with or without needle aspirations, and subsequently required surgery for one of the following reasons: 1) drainage and/or excision of abscess (Group C); 2) diagnostic biopsy (Group D); and 3) excision of persistent, enlarging, or recurrent nodes, or of draining fistulas (Group E). Four patients who were initially treated with surgery required a second procedure for persistent or recurrent disease. The cure rate for patients treated only with medications (Group A) was 95%. The cure rate for patients in the surgical groups after the initial procedures were 50% for Group B, and 100% for Groups C, D, and E. The overall cure rate was 92% for surgical treatment groups B-E and 93% for all 5 treatment groups. The clinical features of the disease, treatment outcome, and guidelines for management are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center 90033.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Shindo
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kahlstrom
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: MacLaughlin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents