title: Calvarial tuberculosis presenting as cystic lesion: An unusual presentation in two patients.
abstract: Tuberculosis is a common disease in developing countries such as India, posing a major public health problem. With human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection being a global endemic, there has been a resurgence of tuberculosis even in developed countries. Tuberculosis may affect almost any part of the body. However, tuberculosis of the calvarium is very rare. Presentation of tuberculosis as a soft tissue swelling on the scalp poses a diagnostic problem. These two cases are being reported here to convey the utility of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in providing the confirmatory diagnosis obviating the need for invasive surgical procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Pratima
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khare
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Renu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Priyanka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chand
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Swapnil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agarwal
keywords: Calvarial tuberculosis; Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) stain; fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC); scalp