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Volume 3
Diagnostic Pathology: Open Access
ISSN: 2476-2024
Laboratory Medicine 2018
June 25-26, 2018
June 25-26, 2018 | Berlin, Germany
13
th
International Conference on
Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
The use of FNAC for the diagnosis of TB lymphadenitis in low income countries
Abdulkerim Seid Mohammed
Dilla University, Ethiopia
T
uberculosis (TB), which is one of the oldest diseases known to affect humans and is a major cause of death worldwide,
especially in developing countries like Ethiopia, based onWHO 2017 report Ethiopia is one of the highest burden countries
in the world. Primarily considered to be a pulmonary disease, TB can affect almost any organ. The term “extrapulmonary
TB” has been used to describe the isolated occurrence of TB at body sites other than the lung. Lymphadenitis is the most
common extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis. Over the last two to three decades, fine needle aspiration cytology
(FNAC) has emerged as a simple out-patient diagnostic procedure for the evaluation of tuberculous lymphadenitis. Diagnosis
of tuberculosis can be made by the demonstration of epithelioid granulomas with or without caseation even in the absence of
AFB. The objective is to study the usefulness of fine needle aspirates in diagnosis of TB in patients from a low income country.
To compare the effectiveness of FNAC with or without the staining methods.
abdulkerimseid06@gmail.comDiagn Pathol Open 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.4172/2476-2024-C1-003