Case report: Metastatic neck nodes of unknown origin with concurrent tuberculous lymphadenitis. Is fine needle aspiration and cytology (FNAC) adequate?

Case report: Metastatic neck nodes of unknown origin with concurrent tuberculous lymphadenitis. Is fine needle aspiration and cytology (FNAC) adequate?

Presentation with cervical lymphadenopathy would usually have an aetiology of neoplasm, infection or reactive cause. Dual pathology of regional metastasis with simultaneous occurrence of tuberculous lymphadenopathy is rather rare. Herein the authors present a case of primary occult carcinoma and tub...

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Main Authors: Subramaniam, S Darmma, Tuang, Geng Ju, Zainal Abidin, Zainal Azmi, Abdullah, Salmi
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Published: Springer 2022
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spelling my.um.eprints.440642023-12-01T03:17:13Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/44064/ Case report: Metastatic neck nodes of unknown origin with concurrent tuberculous lymphadenitis. Is fine needle aspiration and cytology (FNAC) adequate? Subramaniam, S Darmma Tuang, Geng Ju Zainal Abidin, Zainal Azmi Abdullah, Salmi RB Pathology RF Otorhinolaryngology Presentation with cervical lymphadenopathy would usually have an aetiology of neoplasm, infection or reactive cause. Dual pathology of regional metastasis with simultaneous occurrence of tuberculous lymphadenopathy is rather rare. Herein the authors present a case of primary occult carcinoma and tuberculous lymphadenopathy in an unfortunate patient. The reliability of fine-needle aspiration cytology as a first-line investigation, with alternative methods in approaching cervical lymphadenopathy, was further dissected. © 2021, Association of Otolaryngologists of India. Springer 2022 Article PeerReviewed Subramaniam, S Darmma and Tuang, Geng Ju and Zainal Abidin, Zainal Azmi and Abdullah, Salmi (2022) Case report: Metastatic neck nodes of unknown origin with concurrent tuberculous lymphadenitis. Is fine needle aspiration and cytology (FNAC) adequate? Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 74. 5888 – 5892. ISSN 2231-3796, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02497-w <https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02497-w>. 10.1007/s12070-021-02497-w
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topic RB Pathology
RF Otorhinolaryngology
spellingShingle RB Pathology
RF Otorhinolaryngology
Subramaniam, S Darmma
Tuang, Geng Ju
Zainal Abidin, Zainal Azmi
Abdullah, Salmi
Case report: Metastatic neck nodes of unknown origin with concurrent tuberculous lymphadenitis. Is fine needle aspiration and cytology (FNAC) adequate?
description Presentation with cervical lymphadenopathy would usually have an aetiology of neoplasm, infection or reactive cause. Dual pathology of regional metastasis with simultaneous occurrence of tuberculous lymphadenopathy is rather rare. Herein the authors present a case of primary occult carcinoma and tuberculous lymphadenopathy in an unfortunate patient. The reliability of fine-needle aspiration cytology as a first-line investigation, with alternative methods in approaching cervical lymphadenopathy, was further dissected. © 2021, Association of Otolaryngologists of India.
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author Subramaniam, S Darmma
Tuang, Geng Ju
Zainal Abidin, Zainal Azmi
Abdullah, Salmi
author_facet Subramaniam, S Darmma
Tuang, Geng Ju
Zainal Abidin, Zainal Azmi
Abdullah, Salmi
author_sort Subramaniam, S Darmma
title Case report: Metastatic neck nodes of unknown origin with concurrent tuberculous lymphadenitis. Is fine needle aspiration and cytology (FNAC) adequate?
title_short Case report: Metastatic neck nodes of unknown origin with concurrent tuberculous lymphadenitis. Is fine needle aspiration and cytology (FNAC) adequate?
title_full Case report: Metastatic neck nodes of unknown origin with concurrent tuberculous lymphadenitis. Is fine needle aspiration and cytology (FNAC) adequate?
title_fullStr Case report: Metastatic neck nodes of unknown origin with concurrent tuberculous lymphadenitis. Is fine needle aspiration and cytology (FNAC) adequate?
title_full_unstemmed Case report: Metastatic neck nodes of unknown origin with concurrent tuberculous lymphadenitis. Is fine needle aspiration and cytology (FNAC) adequate?
title_sort case report: metastatic neck nodes of unknown origin with concurrent tuberculous lymphadenitis. is fine needle aspiration and cytology (fnac) adequate?
publisher Springer
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/44064/
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