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Retroperitoneal lymph node tuberculosis complicated by intestinal obstruction: a case report

Journal of International Medical Research
The widespread occurrence and severity of tuberculosis make it a major global health concern. Abdominal issues often affect the intestine, peritoneum, and lymph nodes, with retroperitoneal involvement being rare.
Fulong Zhang, Jing Xu, Yuandong Zhu
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Immune activation and regulatory T cells in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected lymph nodes

BMC Immunology, 2018
Background Lymph node tuberculosis (LNTB) is the most frequent extrapulmonary form of tuberculosis (TB). Studies of human tuberculosis at sites of disease are limited.
Karima Sahmoudi, Hassan Abbassi, Nada Bouklata, Mohamed Nouredine El Alami, Abderrahmane Sadak, Christopher Burant, W. Henry Boom, Rajae El Aouad, David H. Canaday, Fouad Seghrouchni   +9 more
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Mediastinal lymph node tuberculosis in an adult: a case report

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2006
Mediastinal lymph node enlargement is an uncommon feature of intrathoracic tuberculosis in adults, whereas it is the rule in primary tuberculosis in children.
Alireza Emami Naeini, Abdolali Foroozmehr, Abbas Tabatabae   +2 more
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma masquerading as disseminated tuberculosis in the presence of constitutional symptoms, DRESS syndrome, and persistent generalized lymphadenopathy

The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians
Persistent generalized lymphadenopathy (PGL) is the abnormal enlargement of more than two noncontiguous lymph node regions for more than 3 months. Tuberculosis, human immunodeficiency virus infection, and lymphoproliferative malignancies are predominant ...
Patil Shital, Aditi Gatagat, Priyanka Malhotra, Mahesh Unni   +3 more
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Clinical utility of 18 Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET/CT scans in patients with suspect ocular tuberculosis

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013
Systemic imaging of patients with suspect ocular tuberculosis include chest X-rays and computed tomography (CT) scans. Reports have suggested a role for 18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/CT (FDG-PET/CT) scans.
Salil Mehta
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Simultaneous occurrence of Kaposi sarcoma and tuberculosis; Kaposi sarcoma and lymphoma in the same lymph node: a report on two HIV-positive patients from Zimbabwe

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Reports of simultaneous infections and neoplasms in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) are occasionally seen in the literature. However, coexistent lymphoma with tuberculosis, and Kaposi sarcoma (KS) with tuberculosis occurring in ...
Nadir Paksoy
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Melioidosis presenting with mediastinal lymphadenopathy masquerading as malignancy: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012
Introduction Melioidosis, endemic in Thailand and in the Northern Territory of Australia is an emerging infectious disease in India which can present with varied forms.
Saravu Kavitha, Mukhopadhyay Chiranjay, Eshwara Vandana, Shastry Barkur, Ramamoorthy Kundapura, Krishna Sushma, Sathyanarayanan Vishwanath   +6 more
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Epidemiological characteristics and some risk factors of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Larache, Morocco

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION: This work aims to bring out the epidemiological characteristics of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in the province of Larache (Morocco) and to investigate the effect of gender and age on its localization and treatment outcome.
Adil Sbayi, Amine Arfaoui, Hasna Janah, Safaa EL Koraichi, Ali Quyou   +4 more
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Case Report: Reiterating the importance of tissue biopsy in the diagnosis of tuberculosis: lessons from a case of pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis complicated by Hodgkin's lymphoma

Frontiers in Pediatrics
The clinical symptoms of tuberculosis infection in children are not typical and need to be distinguished from many diseases, and the tumor is one of them. We present a case of cervical lymphadenopathy in a child with positive purified protein derivative (
Yonghan Luo, Yonghan Luo, Xiaotao Yang, Jun Zhou, Shuangqiong Pu, Yanchun Wang   +5 more
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex detected by modified fluorescent in situ hybridization in lymph nodes of clinical samples

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011
Introduction:  Lymph node tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and is the most frequently identified type in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
Juan Rodriguez-Nuñez, Francisco J Avelar, Francisco Marquez, Bruno Rivas-Santiago, Cesar Quiñones, Alma L. Guerrero-Barrera   +5 more
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