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Clinicopathologic Profile of Significant Cervical Lymphadenopathy in Children Aged 1–12 Years

Clinicopathologic Profile of Significant Cervical Lymphadenopathy in Children Aged 1–12 Years Fine Needle Aspiration Clinicopathologic Profile of Significant Cervical Lymphadenopathy in Children Aged 1–12 Years Vamseedhar Annam, M.D., D.C.P., Mohan H. Kulkarni, M.D., and Rekha B. Puranik, M.D. Objective Conclusion To emphasize the role of fine needle aspiration cytology FNAC is an important diagnostic modality for the etiolog- (FNAC) in etiologic workup in significant cervical lymph- ic workup in significant cervical lymphadenopathy in chil- adenopathy in children. dren. It is almost as sensitive and specific as excision lymph node biopsy when an adequate aspirate is examined by ex- Study Design pert eyes. (Acta Cytol 2009;53:174–178) A total of 336 consecutive chil- dren, aged 1 month to 12 Keywords: aspiration cy- The etiologic diagnosis can be years, with significant cervical tology, fine-needle; cyto- lymphadenopathy were sub- morphology; lymph node; etablished when FNAC is jected to FNAC. Children on lymphadenopathy. supplemented with detailed empirical/specific therapy for lymphadenopathy for >2 ymph node enlarge- hematologic, radiologic, months and children with L ment is a common clin- microbiologic and serologic lymphadenopathy other than ical finding in children. En- investigations. cervical region were excluded largement of a lymph node from this study. may result from the prolif- eration of lymphocytes in- Results trinsic to the lymph http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Cytologica Karger

Clinicopathologic Profile of Significant Cervical Lymphadenopathy in Children Aged 1–12 Years

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Karger
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© 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel
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0001-5547
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1938-2650
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10.1159/000325120
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Fine Needle Aspiration Clinicopathologic Profile of Significant Cervical Lymphadenopathy in Children Aged 1–12 Years Vamseedhar Annam, M.D., D.C.P., Mohan H. Kulkarni, M.D., and Rekha B. Puranik, M.D. Objective Conclusion To emphasize the role of fine needle aspiration cytology FNAC is an important diagnostic modality for the etiolog- (FNAC) in etiologic workup in significant cervical lymph- ic workup in significant cervical lymphadenopathy in chil- adenopathy in children. dren. It is almost as sensitive and specific as excision lymph node biopsy when an adequate aspirate is examined by ex- Study Design pert eyes. (Acta Cytol 2009;53:174–178) A total of 336 consecutive chil- dren, aged 1 month to 12 Keywords: aspiration cy- The etiologic diagnosis can be years, with significant cervical tology, fine-needle; cyto- lymphadenopathy were sub- morphology; lymph node; etablished when FNAC is jected to FNAC. Children on lymphadenopathy. supplemented with detailed empirical/specific therapy for lymphadenopathy for >2 ymph node enlarge- hematologic, radiologic, months and children with L ment is a common clin- microbiologic and serologic lymphadenopathy other than ical finding in children. En- investigations. cervical region were excluded largement of a lymph node from this study. may result from the prolif- eration of lymphocytes in- Results trinsic to the lymph

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Acta Cytologica – Karger

Published: Jan 1, 2011

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