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Lymph node tuberculosis

MedGen UID:
11946
•Concept ID:
C0041316
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Lymph Node Tuberculoses; Lymph Node Tuberculosis; Lymphadenitis, Tuberculous; Tuberculoses, Lymph Node; Tuberculosis, Lymph Node; Tuberculous Lymphadenitis
SNOMED CT: Tuberculosis of lymph node (10893003); Tuberculous adenitis (10893003); Tuberculous lymphadenopathy (10893003)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005831

Definition

Tuberculosis of the lymph node. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLymph node tuberculosis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Systemic steroid treatment of paradoxical upgrading reaction in patients with lymph node tuberculosis.
Garcia Vidal C, Garau J
Clin Infect Dis 2005 Sep 15;41(6):915-6; author reply 916-7. doi: 10.1086/432807. PMID: 16107998
Characterization and management of paradoxical upgrading reactions in HIV-uninfected patients with lymph node tuberculosis.
Hawkey CR, Yap T, Pereira J, Moore DA, Davidson RN, Pasvol G, Kon OM, Wall RA, Wilkinson RJ
Clin Infect Dis 2005 May 1;40(9):1368-71. Epub 2005 Mar 23 doi: 10.1086/429317. PMID: 15825042
Corticosteroids in the treatment of tracheobronchial lymph node tuberculosis: a report of eleven cases.
Laretei A, Quinlan JJ
N S Med Bull 1971 Oct;50(5):115-8. PMID: 5286864

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Imaging of infra-thoracic tuberculosis.
Kanthawang T, Pattamapaspong N, Peh WCG, Hammami N, Bouaziz MC, Ladeb MF
Br J Radiol 2024 Feb 28;97(1155):492-504. doi: 10.1093/bjr/tqad051. PMID: 38288505
Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay for tuberculosis disease and rifampicin resistance in children.
Kay AW, Ness T, Verkuijl SE, Viney K, Brands A, Masini T, González Fernández L, Eisenhut M, Detjen AK, Mandalakas AM, Steingart KR, Takwoingi Y
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Sep 6;9(9):CD013359. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013359.pub3. PMID: 36065889Free PMC Article
Scrofula.
Sharawat IK, Dawman L
J Pediatr 2017 Oct;189:236. Epub 2017 Jun 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.06.012. PMID: 28669610
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis: an overview.
Golden MP, Vikram HR
Am Fam Physician 2005 Nov 1;72(9):1761-8. PMID: 16300038
Tuberculous lymphadenitis.
Iles PB, Emerson PA
Br Med J 1974 Jan 26;1(5899):143-5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5899.143. PMID: 4812407Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis.
Karleen C, Saniasiaya J
BMJ Case Rep 2021 May 6;14(5) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-241807. PMID: 33958365Free PMC Article
Cervical Tuberculous Lymphadenitis.
Pacifique M, Alcala C, Bryant SM
J Emerg Med 2018 Jun;54(6):e141-e142. Epub 2018 Mar 6 doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2018.02.004. PMID: 29523421
Tuberkulose (TBC) I'm Krankenhaus: Was utun nach ungeschutztem Kontakt?
Kinderkrankenschwester 2017 Mar;36(3):95-99. PMID: 30387934
Scrofula.
Sharawat IK, Dawman L
J Pediatr 2017 Oct;189:236. Epub 2017 Jun 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.06.012. PMID: 28669610
Scrofula revisited.
Talmi YP, Finkelstein Y, Tov YS, Zohar Y, Laurian N
J Laryngol Otol 1988 Apr;102(4):387-8. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100105080. PMID: 3290370

Therapy

Tubercular lymphadenitis with scrofuloderma.
Karnan A
Pan Afr Med J 2024;47:78. Epub 2024 Feb 20 doi: 10.11604/pamj.2024.47.78.42404. PMID: 38708138Free PMC Article
Tuberkulose (TBC) I'm Krankenhaus: Was utun nach ungeschutztem Kontakt?
Kinderkrankenschwester 2017 Mar;36(3):95-99. PMID: 30387934
Scrofula.
Sharawat IK, Dawman L
J Pediatr 2017 Oct;189:236. Epub 2017 Jun 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.06.012. PMID: 28669610
Sarcoid lung.
Andrade C, Marinho A
BMJ Case Rep 2015 Jun 11;2015 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-209566. PMID: 26065549Free PMC Article
Tuberculous inguinal lymphadenitis.
Challapalli M, Varnado SC, Cunningham DG
Pediatr Infect Dis J 1995 Aug;14(8):723-4. PMID: 8532440

Prognosis

Applying logistic LASSO regression for the diagnosis of atypical Crohn's disease.
Li Y, Lu F, Yin Y
Sci Rep 2022 Jul 5;12(1):11340. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15609-5. PMID: 35790774Free PMC Article
Scrofula.
Sharawat IK, Dawman L
J Pediatr 2017 Oct;189:236. Epub 2017 Jun 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.06.012. PMID: 28669610
Tuberculous lymphadenitis.
Lazarus AA, Thilagar B
Dis Mon 2007 Jan;53(1):10-5. doi: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2006.10.001. PMID: 17224318
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis: an overview.
Golden MP, Vikram HR
Am Fam Physician 2005 Nov 1;72(9):1761-8. PMID: 16300038
Tuberculous lymphadenitis.
Iles PB, Emerson PA
Br Med J 1974 Jan 26;1(5899):143-5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5899.143. PMID: 4812407Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in China: a national survey.
Li T, Yan X, Du X, Huang F, Wang N, Ni N, Ren J, Zhao Y, Jia Z
Int J Infect Dis 2023 Mar;128:69-77. Epub 2022 Dec 10 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.12.005. PMID: 36509333
Applying logistic LASSO regression for the diagnosis of atypical Crohn's disease.
Li Y, Lu F, Yin Y
Sci Rep 2022 Jul 5;12(1):11340. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15609-5. PMID: 35790774Free PMC Article
Xpert MTB/XDR for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis and resistance to isoniazid, fluoroquinolones, ethionamide, and amikacin.
Pillay S, Steingart KR, Davies GR, Chaplin M, De Vos M, Schumacher SG, Warren R, Theron G
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 May 18;5(5):CD014841. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014841.pub2. PMID: 35583175Free PMC Article
Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and Xpert MTB/RIF assays for extrapulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults.
Kohli M, Schiller I, Dendukuri N, Yao M, Dheda K, Denkinger CM, Schumacher SG, Steingart KR
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2021 Jan 15;1(1):CD012768. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012768.pub3. PMID: 33448348Free PMC Article
Tuberculous lymphadenitis.
Lazarus AA, Thilagar B
Dis Mon 2007 Jan;53(1):10-5. doi: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2006.10.001. PMID: 17224318

Recent systematic reviews

Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay for tuberculosis disease and rifampicin resistance in children.
Kay AW, Ness T, Verkuijl SE, Viney K, Brands A, Masini T, González Fernández L, Eisenhut M, Detjen AK, Mandalakas AM, Steingart KR, Takwoingi Y
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Sep 6;9(9):CD013359. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013359.pub3. PMID: 36065889Free PMC Article
Rectal tuberculosis: A systematic review.
Chaudhary P, Nagpal A, Padala SB, Mukund M, Bansal LK, Lal R
Indian J Tuberc 2022 Jul;69(3):268-276. Epub 2021 Jun 16 doi: 10.1016/j.ijtb.2021.06.009. PMID: 35760476
Xpert MTB/XDR for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis and resistance to isoniazid, fluoroquinolones, ethionamide, and amikacin.
Pillay S, Steingart KR, Davies GR, Chaplin M, De Vos M, Schumacher SG, Warren R, Theron G
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 May 18;5(5):CD014841. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014841.pub2. PMID: 35583175Free PMC Article
Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and Xpert MTB/RIF assays for extrapulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults.
Kohli M, Schiller I, Dendukuri N, Yao M, Dheda K, Denkinger CM, Schumacher SG, Steingart KR
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2021 Jan 15;1(1):CD012768. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012768.pub3. PMID: 33448348Free PMC Article
Head and neck tuberculosis: Literature review and meta-analysis.
Qian X, Albers AE, Nguyen DTM, Dong Y, Zhang Y, Schreiber F, Sinikovic B, Bi X, Graviss EA
Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2019 May;116S:S78-S88. Epub 2019 May 3 doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2019.04.014. PMID: 31080090

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