Correlation of eosinophilic structures with detection of acid-fast bacilli in fine needle aspiration smears from tuberculous lymph nodes: Is eosinophilic structure the missing link in spectrum of tuberculous lesion? | Zendy

Dev Prasoon | Zendy; Parimal Agrawal | Zendy

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Correlation of eosinophilic structures with detection of acid-fast bacilli in fine needle aspiration smears from tuberculous lymph nodes: Is eosinophilic structure the missing link in spectrum of tuberculous lesion?

Author(s) -

Dev Prasoon,

Parimal Agrawal

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of cytology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 0974-5165

pISSN - 0970-9371

DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.145647

Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , eosinophilic , lesion , fine needle aspiration , cytology , staining , tuberculosis , lymph , h&e stain , acid fast , biopsy , sputum

Acid-fast bacilli (AFB) is not seen in all necrotic tuberculous lesions. If the subset of tuberculous lesions which yield positive result for AFB can be identified, it would save on time and manpower besides optimizing use of resources. A prospective study was undertaken to assess if presence of eosinophilic structures (ESs) in necrotic tuberculous lesions correlated with the presence of AFB.

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