Open AccessEtiological study of lymphadenopathy in HIV-infected patients in a tertiary care hospital
Author(s) -
Dipanwita Nag,
Sumedha Dey,
Ayandip Nandi,
Ranjana Bandyopadhyay,
Debjani Roychowdhury,
Rajarshi Roy
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.182518
Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , lymphoma , tuberculosis , etiology , giemsa stain , mycobacterium tuberculosis , lymphoid hyperplasia , follicular hyperplasia
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has become a global pandemic. Persistent generalized lymphadenopathy (PGL) is very common manifestation of HIV infection. Moreover, different opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis (TB) and malignancies may present with lymphadenopathy. Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection is most common with cluster of differentiation (CD)4+ count ≤50 cells/μL. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) offers a simple and effective modality for obtaining a representative sample of the material from lymph nodes, permitting cytological evaluation and other investigations.