Abstract

NENO, Miguel; ROCHA, Cláudia; SARGENTO, Dora  and  SILVA, Glória. Tuberculous lymphadenitis: diagnostic challenge. Arq Med [online]. 2014, vol.28, n.1, pp.02-04. ISSN 2183-2447.

Tuberculous lymphadenitis is the most common form of extrapulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Nevertheless, the mimicry that keeps with other pathologies leads, commonly, to failure or delay in obtaining a correct diagnosis. The authors present the case of tuberculous lymphadenitis in a 89 years old female, with multiple co-morbidities, admitted with constitutional framework characterized by fever and cervical lymphadenopathy.

Keywords : Tuberculous lymphadenitis; extrapulmonary tuberculosis; lymphadenopathy.

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