title: Primary unilateral tuberculous inguinal lymphadenitis.
abstract: We report the case of a young Greek woman who presented with erythema nodosum and isolated unilateral inguinal lymphadenopathy. Excision and biopsy of the lymph node showed infection due to M. tuberculosis. An extensive workup did not reveal any other foci of tuberculosis. Isolated tuberculous inguinal lymphadenitis is a rare entity in developed countries and is almost always bilateral. Our case is unique because the disease was unilateral and affected an otherwise healthy woman who had never traveled in endemic areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, Laikon General Hospital and School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mikras Asias 75 Athens, GR-115 27, Greece.
authors.forename: Dionisios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Loukeris
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zormpala
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chatzikonstantinou
authors.forename: Athena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Androulaki
authors.forename: Nikolaos V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Sipsas