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ArticleCureus2023

Isolated Tuberculous Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy in an Immunocompetent Child Without Pulmonary Involvement: A Case Report.

Sankalp Yadav

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Sankalp YadavMedicine, Shri Madan Lal Khurana Chest Clinic, New Delhi, IND.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis continues to be a big challenge to public health. Isolated cases of tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenopathy in an immunocompetent child without pulmonary involvement are relatively rare. Compared to adults, children are susceptible to such infections; however, due to a lack of specific clinical features and the involvement of invasive techniques in establishing the diagnosis, there are chances of a diagnostic delay. A case of a nine-year-old girl who reported having chest pain for one month is presented. In the absence of the constitutional signs and symptoms of tuberculosis, a diagnosis was confirmed with computed tomography, histopathology, and cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification of samples obtained from endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration. She was put on anti-tuberculous treatment for her weight.

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cbnaat/ xpert/ rif assayebus tbnalymphadenitismediastinal lymphadenopathymtb (mycobacterium tuberculosis)

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PMID37746360
PMCPMC10516330

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