Table 1 |
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Diagnostic categories of specimens tested. |
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Diagnosis |
Cervical Lymph Nodes |
Intestinal wall |
Peritoneum |
Mesentric Lymph Nodes* |
Total number of specimens |
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CASES |
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Tuberculosis |
120 |
19 |
9 |
5 |
153 |
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NEGATIVE CONTROLS |
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Reactive/Non Specific inflammation |
16 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
30 |
|
Foreign body granuloma# |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
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Fungal granuloma |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
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Parasitic granuloma |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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Malignancy |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
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TOTAL |
152 |
22 |
11 |
18 |
203 |
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* no associated intestinal lesion seen. # all foreign body granuloma were in skin biopsies. |
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Purohit et al. Diagnostic Pathology 2007 2:36 doi:10.1186/1746-1596-2-36 |
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