Abstract

Introduction: Neck lesions are responsible for a significant cause of mortality and morbidity in India. Various benign and malignant lesions are found in the neck region involving thyroid, salivary glands, lymph nodes, upper aero-digestive tract (throat), skin, soft tissues, etc. Cervical tubercular lymphadenopathy is the most common extra pulmonary manifestation tuberculosis is considered to be tuebrcular in origin untill unless proven otherwise.

Material and Method: 50 cases of OPD/IPD in general surgery department of RIMS complaining cervical lyphnode swelling from August 2018 to July 2019 are included in this study. The differential diagnosis in a patient presenting with neck lymphnode is often extensive and will vary with age. These neck lymphnode are evaluated by a detail history, clinical examination and investigation.

Conclusion: Neck lyphadenopathy can be supposed to be tubercular in origin in age group 12-30yr. until unless proven otherwise. histopathological examination remains the most dependable diagnostic tool. In tubercular lymphadenitis the Level 2 (upper jugular group) was the most commonly involved

Keywords: Cervical lymphadenopathy, FNAC, histopathological examination.