Abstract
The rate of tubercular disease in Japan has been decreasing for the past several years. However, in comparison to European and American advanced nations, the rate is still relatively high. About 70% of all cases presenting with lymph node tuberculosis tend to demonstrate cervical lesions. We diagnosed six patients to have cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis at our institution from April 2009 to April 2014. Five patients had been referred to our hospital after complaining of swelling of the neck lymph node and one patient presented with no symptoms. Their ages ranged from 36 to 83 years old. All patients underwent fine needle aspiration cytology and bacteriological examinations from the cervical lymph node, and two patients underwent an open biopsy of the cervical lymph node. When examining patients who demonstrate swelling of the cervical lymph node, it is important to take the possibility of lymph node tuberculous into consideration.
