Cervical Tuberculous Lymphadenitis

Neck masses are a very common clinical problem and it remains a diagnostic challenge due to multiple differential diagnoses ranging from benign to severe etiologies. All physicians should equip themselves with knowledge of common and locally prevalent causes of neck masses and manage them accordingl...

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Autores principales: Lemus, Luis F, Revelo, Ernesto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9732912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36514622
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31282
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description Neck masses are a very common clinical problem and it remains a diagnostic challenge due to multiple differential diagnoses ranging from benign to severe etiologies. All physicians should equip themselves with knowledge of common and locally prevalent causes of neck masses and manage them accordingly. We present a case of a young patient with no prior medical history who developed cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis. We discuss the physical examination, evolution, diagnosis, and treatment of the case.
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spelling pubmed-97329122022-12-12 Cervical Tuberculous Lymphadenitis Lemus, Luis F Revelo, Ernesto Cureus Internal Medicine Neck masses are a very common clinical problem and it remains a diagnostic challenge due to multiple differential diagnoses ranging from benign to severe etiologies. All physicians should equip themselves with knowledge of common and locally prevalent causes of neck masses and manage them accordingly. We present a case of a young patient with no prior medical history who developed cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis. We discuss the physical examination, evolution, diagnosis, and treatment of the case. Cureus 2022-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9732912/ /pubmed/36514622 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31282 Text en Copyright © 2022, Lemus et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Lemus, Luis F
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Cervical Tuberculous Lymphadenitis
title Cervical Tuberculous Lymphadenitis
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title_short Cervical Tuberculous Lymphadenitis
title_sort cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9732912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36514622
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31282
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