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Toxoplasmic Lymphadenitis Presenting as a Tiny Neck Tumor

(1) Background: Toxoplasmic lymphadenitis (TL), caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, is a worldwide zoonosis. We report a case of TL in the head and neck region diagnosed using ultrasound (US)-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), serological tests, and pathological findings. (2) Case...

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Autores principales: Chen, Shih-Lung, Chen, Jim-Ray, Yang, Shih-Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8142991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33918991
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050487
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description (1) Background: Toxoplasmic lymphadenitis (TL), caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, is a worldwide zoonosis. We report a case of TL in the head and neck region diagnosed using ultrasound (US)-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), serological tests, and pathological findings. (2) Case Presentation: A 51-year-old female with a chief complaint of a left posterior neck mass that had been growing for approximately 2 weeks. TL was confirmed by histopathological examinations and serological tests. US-guided FNAC and en bloc resection of the lymph node were performed. The diagnosis was confirmed as TL in the neck. (3) Conclusions: We suggest that US-guided FNAC should be considered as the first-line test for assessing a tiny mass before a definitive treatment is chosen.
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spelling pubmed-81429912021-05-25 Toxoplasmic Lymphadenitis Presenting as a Tiny Neck Tumor Chen, Shih-Lung Chen, Jim-Ray Yang, Shih-Wei Healthcare (Basel) Case Report (1) Background: Toxoplasmic lymphadenitis (TL), caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, is a worldwide zoonosis. We report a case of TL in the head and neck region diagnosed using ultrasound (US)-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), serological tests, and pathological findings. (2) Case Presentation: A 51-year-old female with a chief complaint of a left posterior neck mass that had been growing for approximately 2 weeks. TL was confirmed by histopathological examinations and serological tests. US-guided FNAC and en bloc resection of the lymph node were performed. The diagnosis was confirmed as TL in the neck. (3) Conclusions: We suggest that US-guided FNAC should be considered as the first-line test for assessing a tiny mass before a definitive treatment is chosen. MDPI 2021-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8142991/ /pubmed/33918991 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050487 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Toxoplasmic Lymphadenitis Presenting as a Tiny Neck Tumor
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title_short Toxoplasmic Lymphadenitis Presenting as a Tiny Neck Tumor
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8142991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33918991
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050487
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