Diagnostic aspects of cervical lymphadenopathy in children in the developing world: A study of 1,877 surgical specimens

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 240-244

  Moore, S W ^a,b   Schneider, J W ^a   Schaaf, H S ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Infections; Lymph nodes; Lymphadenopathy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HARDNESS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LEUKEMIA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSAI DORFMAN DISEASE; SINUS HISTIOCYTOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYPHILIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; YAWS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHOMA; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0037480736     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0771-x     Document Type: Article

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