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Scrofula Presenting as an Isolated Neck Mass
Author(s) -
Ashmead Mary G.,
Franzese Christine
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.21960
Subject(s) - citation , otorhinolaryngology , library science , medicine , media studies , sociology , computer science , psychiatry
Cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis, or scrofula, is the most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. While viewed as a pediatric disease in endemic areas, cervical node infections comprise approximately 25% of all new extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases in the United States. While number of new diagnoses are decreasing overall, the percentage of all tuberculosis presented as lymphadenitis has increased from 8 to 21% in the past few decades. As expected, incidence is greater in immunocompromised populations and developing countries.

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