Extremely Rare Concomitance Of Tubercular Lymphadenitis With T Cell Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma – A Diagnostic Challenge For Clinician

Extremely rare concomitance of Tubercular lymphadenitis with T cell non Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Authors

  • Anand Agrawal
  • Akshat Vyas
  • Amrita Duhan
  • Sarita Yadav
  • Chandermani Madan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70284/njirm.v7i5.1151

Keywords:

Tuberculosis, Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma, lymphadenitis

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) presenting with Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma is an extremely rare clinical presentation and is quite difficult to diagnose because of similar signs & symptoms including lymphadenopathy, weight loss, anorexia and generalised weakness. Herein we report a case of 40 year old male who presented with enlarged cervical and axillary lymph nodes, diagnosed and initiated on therapy for TB based on the axillary node FNAC that showed granulomatous lymphadenitis suggestive of TB but was later confirmed to be a case of non Hodgkin’s lymphoma by excisional biopsy followed by histopathology and immunohistochemistry . [Anand A NJIRM 2016; 7(5):95-97]

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Published

2018-01-24

How to Cite

Agrawal, A., Vyas, A., Duhan, A., Yadav, S., & Madan, C. (2018). Extremely Rare Concomitance Of Tubercular Lymphadenitis With T Cell Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma – A Diagnostic Challenge For Clinician: Extremely rare concomitance of Tubercular lymphadenitis with T cell non Hodgkin’s lymphoma. National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine, 7(5), 95–97. https://doi.org/10.70284/njirm.v7i5.1151

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