1Assistant Professor in Pathology, C.U. Shah Medical College, Surendranagar, Gujarat.
2Tutor in Pathology, B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
3Assistant Professor in Microbiology, B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
4Associate Professor in Physiology, B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
53rd year Resident in Medicine, B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
6Assistant Professor in Community Medicine, B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Online published on 20 August, 2012.
Fine needle aspiration cytology of 205 cases of lymphadenopathy were performed at the department of Pathology, C. U. Shah medical College, Surendranagar, Gujarat from August 2003 to July 2005. Smear were fixed in alcohol and stained by Hematoxylin & Eosin, Papanicolaou and Ziehl-Neelsen stain. There were140 cases of tuberculous and 65 cases of reactive lymphadenitis. Third decade is the most common affected age group in tuberculosis. Acid fast positivity is seen in 47.8% cases of tuberculous lymphadenitis and it is particularly higher when only cheesy and necrotic material aspirated (71%). Fine needle aspiration cytology of superficial lymph nodes assisted with Ziehl-Neelsen (Z-N) stain is an investigation of great utility in the diagnosis of tuberculosis.
Lymph node aspiration, Tuberculosis incidence, Z-N stain
