Open AccessEosinophilic Structure: Should it be Included in Routine Cytology Reporting of Tuberculosis Lymphadenitis?
Author(s) -
Panduranga Chikkannaiah
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/15631.6862
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , pathology , cytology , lymph node , eosinophilic , gold standard (test) , fine needle aspiration , staining , tuberculous lymphadenitis , dermatology , biopsy
Fine needle aspiration cytology is a simple, rapid procedure routinely employed for the diagnosis of tuberculosis lymphadenitis. Positivity for acid fast bacilli (AFB) in Ziehl-Neilsen stained smear is still considered as gold standard for diagnosis of Tuberculosis, but all lesions may not yield AFB, thus pose diagnostic problems. Few cytomorphological changes i.e. Eosinophilic structure (ES) in the stained smears correlates with the presence of AFB thus, helping us in rapid diagnosis.