Evaluation of the Yield of Histopathology in the Diagnosis of Lymph Node Tuberculosis in Morocco, 2017: Cross-Sectional Study.
Kenza BennaniAsmae KhattabiMohammed AkrimMohamed MahtarNajib BenmansourLeila Essakalli HossyniMehdi KarkouriNadia CherradiMy Driss El MessaoudiOuafae LahlouImad CherkaouiYousef Saleh KhaderAbderrahmane MaaroufiSalah-Eddine OttmaniPublished in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2019)
The presence of the granuloma with caseous necrosis in the histopathological examination had significantly improved the yield of histopathology testing for the diagnosis of LNTB. The findings recommend to maintain histopathology testing in establishing the LNTB diagnosis and to explore other techniques to improve it.