Case Report: Metastatic Neck Nodes of Unknown Origin with Concurrent Tuberculous Lymphadenitis. Is Fine Needle Aspiration and Cytology (FNAC) Adequate?
S Darmma SubramaniamGeng Ju TuangZainal Azmi Zainal AbidinSalmi AbdullahPublished in: Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India (2021)
Presentation with cervical lymphadenopathy would usually have an aetiology of neoplasm, infection or reactive cause. Dual pathology of regional metastasis with simultaneous occurrence of tuberculous lymphadenopathy is rather rare. Herein the authors present a case of primary occult carcinoma and tuberculous lymphadenopathy in an unfortunate patient. The reliability of fine-needle aspiration cytology as a first-line investigation, with alternative methods in approaching cervical lymphadenopathy, was further dissected.