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Distribution of lymph nodes in the neck in cases of tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis.
Acta Otolaryngol
November 2004
Department of ENT--Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Medicine, Tribhwan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Objective: To investigate the distribution of lymph nodes in the neck during the process of development of tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis (TCL) in patients attending an outpatient clinic over a 1-year period.
Material And Methods: This was a prospective, cross-sectional, observational study which included 100 cases of histopathologically confirmed TCL of >6 weeks duration.
Results: Lymph nodes in the posterior triangle (PT) were found to be commonest (51%), followed by those in the upper deep cervical (UDC; 48%) and submandibular (SM; 36%) regions.