ABDOMINAL
GENERALISED LYMPHADENOPATHY
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Tuberculosis
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Rhinoscleroma.
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Sarcoidosis (Boeckâs disease)
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Syphilis
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis is caused by spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a lung infection. Scrofula often presents as a one-sided red, painless mass, located along the upper border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle or in the supraclavicular area or axilla.
Detailed explanation-2: -tb triggers the differentiation of granuloma macrophages into very large multinucleated giant cells (MGCs) that are unable to mediate any bacterial uptake.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most major histological features were giant cell (88%), caseation (84%), epithelioid cells (80%), granuloma and caseation (68%), lymphocytes (31%), and histiocytes (4%).
Detailed explanation-4: -Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common cause of cervical lymphadenopathy in the TB-endemic zone, like India but it can also mimic other diseases.