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Tuberculosis presenting as a neck abscess
Author(s) -
Dunphy L.,
Boyd D.,
Holland I.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.156
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1752-248X
pISSN - 1752-2471
DOI - 10.1111/ors.12008
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , cervical lymph nodes , pathological , abscess , lymph , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , dermatology , pathology , surgery , cancer , metastasis
Tuberculosis is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by M ycobacterium tuberculosis and is still the most fatal infectious disease worldwide. It remains a therapeutic and diagnostic challenge because it mimics other pathological processes and yields inconsistent physical and laboratory findings. We present a case of tuberculous lymphadenitis presenting in the cervical lymph nodes of a young male.