Non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis

The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
J E Wright

Abstract

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis has been recognized since medieval times by an array of names. The condition is familiar to paediatricians and paediatric surgeons but it often is not recognized in its early stages. A paediatric surgeon's experience of the condition in Newcastle over 30 years is reviewed. A personal series of children with non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis treated in Newcastle from 1966 to 1994 is reviewed. Clinical diagnosis was supported by multiple Mantoux skin testing in most patients using human purified protein derivative (PPD) and avian antigens. All were treated surgically with histological confirmation of the diagnosis. A total of 89 patients were encountered. Twenty-two were seen in hospital practice between 1966 and 1976 and have already been reported. The current paper presents the results of analysis of the clinical features, diagnosis and surgical treatment of the remaining 67 patients seen in paediatric surgical practice between 1976 and 1994. There was equal sex distribution. Ages ranged from 1 to 10 years, with none under 1 year, and 82% of the patients were in the pre-school age group. Cervical lymph nodes were involved in all, the majority being jugulo-digastric or subman...Continue Reading

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