title: Lymph nodes tuberculosis: a retrospective study on clinical and therapeutic features.
abstract: Lymph nodes tuberculosis represents 30 percent of extra pulmonary tuberculosis in Morocco. We report here the experience of the pulmonology unit of the Avicenne Military Hospital in Marrakech for a period of 4 years. Our study interested 30 patients (15 males and 15 females) with an average age of 29 years old (10 to 62 years old). Tuberculosis has interested a single site in 28 patients, the other two patients had multiple but unilateral involvement. For the single sites, locations were jugulo-carotidian (20 patients), supra-calvicular (2 patients), axillary (2 patients), sub-mandibular (2 patients), spinal (2 patients) and mediastinal (2 patients). For the multiple locations, the involvement was jugulo-carotidian, sub-mandibular, spinal and sub-clavicular for one patient; and jugulo-carotidian and sub-clavicular for the other. Diagnosis was made by surgical biopsy and histology for all the patients. A six-month anti-tuberculous treatment was given afterward, with relapses in two patients.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonology Unit, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.
authors.forename: Amine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benjelloun
authors.affiliation: ENT Unit, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.
authors.forename: Youssef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Darouassi
authors.affiliation: Pulmonology Unit, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.
authors.forename: Yasser
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zakaria
authors.affiliation: Pulmonology Unit, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.
authors.forename: Rachid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bouchentouf
authors.affiliation: ENT Unit, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Noureddine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Errami
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009018:Morocco / Q000453:epidemiology; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
keywords: Lymph nodes; extra pulmonaty; tuberculosis