… used to diagnose lymph node tuberculosis, fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is today
… In conclusion, tuberculosis is a very common cause of lymphadenopathy in the study area …

… confirm the diagnosis of TB. Our study was conducted in an endemic area for tuberculosis.
Therefore, the … In conclusion, tuberculosis is a major but not the sole cause of intra-abdominal …

… The study was performed in a tuberculosis-endemic area with the majority of the study
population belonging to a low socio-economic group. The pre-test probability of tuberculosis is …

… In endemic regions, FNAB has become the first diagnostic test applicable for cervical and …
exclude tuberculosis especially in the pediatric age group.6 Similarly in non-endemic regions …

… Moreover, it is difficult to obtain adequate sample for culture with needle aspiration, as in
our study. Also, the sensitivity of MTB detection by culture isolation for children thought to have …

… Comparison of fine needle aspiration cytology and … In our study, most common cytological
pattern of tuberculosis was … However, tuberculosis was confirmed in only 12 cases (true …

… in African and other TB-endemic countries. Most training … TB disease burden suffered by
children in endemic areas, we … Fineneedle aspiration cytology in lymphadenopathy of HIV-…

… [ 2 ] Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially systemic disease that can affect any organ.[ 3 ] … with
TB commonly affects the ileo-cecal region, spleen, liver and kidney. Pancreatic TB presents …

… In an endemic area of tuberculosis, the diagnosis of cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis is
made initially according to cytological or … Fine-needle aspiration cytology was performed by a …

… TB, pus was aspirated from lymph nodes, and acid fast staining was positive, granulomas
were identified or a positive cytologic … , or fine needle aspiration cytology/biopsy from other sites…