Clinicopathological Study of Significant Cervical Lymphadenopathy in Children
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 10
Abstract
Introduction: Lymphadenopathy is a common problem in children and evaluation of child with lymphadenopathy is a common clinical scenario for the paediatrician, lymphadenopathy in children may be due to systemic infections mostly systemic viral infections. the objective of this study is clinicopathological profile of significant cervical lymphadenopathy among the children attended to department of paediatrics Govt General hospital, Guntur AP. Material and methods: this was a prospective study done on 86 children with significant lymphadenopathy attended to Dept of Paediatrics, GGH, Guntur during the period of Oct 2016 to Sept 2017. Results: 74.4% of significant lymphadenopathy is due to Reactive hyperplasia followed by 15% due to Tuberculosis, and 6.9% due to suppurative conditions. Conclusions: Non diagnostic hyperplasia due to Reactive lymphadenitis commonest cause of significant cervical lymphadenopathy in children. infections are commonest etiology for significant lymphadenopathy.
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B. Deeva Kumar, P. Anil Kiran
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