Evaluation of patients with tubercular lymphadenopathy.

Background:Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major infectious disease and health concern in the world. The present study was conducted to assess cases of patients with tubercular lymphadenopathy. Materials & Methods:238 diagnosed cases of active TB of both genders were included. Contact history, primary disease or recurrence, complaints at admission, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination, clinical findings and involvement sites were recorded. Results: Out of 238 patients, males were 138 and females were 100. <25 years had 110 and 25-40 years had 128 patients. Fever was present in 203, fatigue in 156, weight loss in 82, cough in 118 and hemoptysis in 73 patients. Involved area was lymph nodes such as cervical in 30, inguinal in 54, mediastinum in 28, axillary in 52, paratracheal in 22, omentum in 18, peritoneum in 10, vertebra in 6, wrist in 8, skin in 5 and CNS in 5 cases. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Maximum cases were seen in males and common site was inguinal lymph node. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]