title: Suppurative Cervical Tuberculous Lymphadenitis Mimicking a Metastatic Neck Mass.
abstract: Tuberculosis is an important public's health problem in developing countries. Although tuberculosis is commonly found in lungs, it could also be found in lymph nodes, mouth, tonsils, tounge, nose, epiglottis, larynx, and pharynx of head-neck region. The most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis placed outside the lungs is tuberculous lymphadenitis. Tuberculosis lymphadenitis is the most commonly seen form of the extrapulmoner tuberculosis and usually invades the lymph nodules of the cervical region. An adult patient with tuberculous lymphadenitis has been presented within the context of the literature reviewed. A 42-year-old woman, who has admitted to our clinic with a fistulized mass in the right side of her neck, has been diagnosed and treatment has been performed. No other problems were found in the systemic examination of the patient. Since there is no specific finding of pulmonary tuberculosis, detailed investigations are required in patients admitted with the sypmtomps of neck mass.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yuzuncu Yil University, Medical Faculty, Van †Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Diyarbakir Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir ‡Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Yuzuncu Yil University, Medical Faculty, Van §Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Harran University, Medical Faculty, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nazim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bozan
authors.forename: Yunus Feyyat
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Sakin
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parlak
authors.forename: Ferhat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bozkuş
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000379:methods; D013492:Suppuration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents