Open AccessCan tissue elemental analysis be used to differentiate sarcoidosis and tuberculous lymphadenitis?
Author(s) -
Ömer Araz,
Aslı Araz,
Elif Yılmazel Uçar,
Fatma Akdemir,
Elif Demirci,
Yener Aydın,
Buğra Kerget
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
tuberkuloz ve toraks/tüberküloz ve toraks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 0494-1373
DOI - 10.5578/tt.69691
Subject(s) - granulomatous inflammation , sarcoidosis , inflammation , pathology , tuberculosis , granuloma , magnesium , lymph , medicine , chemistry , gastroenterology , organic chemistry
Sarcoidosis and tuberculous lymphadenitis are granulomatous inflammatory diseases. Differentiating lymph node involvement in these two diseases can be challenging. This study evaluated whether elemental analysis of tissue samples could facilitate the differentiation of these histopathologically and clinically similar diseases.