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• TITLE: Non-caseating submental tuberculous lymphadenopathy: A case report

  AUTHORS: M. E. Asuquo, V. I. Nwagbara, S. Akpan, G. Ebughe, T. Ugbem, I. M. Asuquo

  KEYWORDS: Tuberculosis; Submental Lymph Node; Non-Caseating Granuloma

  JOURNAL NAME: Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, Vol.2 No.5, August 5, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Chronic peripheral lymphadenopathy in adults is an indication of pathology of which tuberculosis is the commonest in the developing countries. Presented is a 36-year-old with a huge chronic Submental lymphadenopathy in a seronegative patient of 7 years duration. Histology revealed non-caseating tuberculosis. Tuberculosis should be considered in Submental lymphadenopathy. Despite the long duration, the absence of cold abscess, and or sinus formation may be an indication of the non-caseating tuberculous lymphadenopathy.