Toxoplasma lymphadenitis diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology: a rare finding

Hosokawa, Seiji; Kusama, Yukiko; Ono, Takaaki; Mineta, Hiroyuki

doi:10.1017/s0022215114001261

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“…1 Toxoplasma infection may be congenital or acquired. The disease is transmitted to humans mostly by intake of undercooked or raw meat containing viable tissue cysts, or by ingesting food or water contaminated with oocyte 2 or through skin inoculation. 3 In acquired infections the disease mostly remains occult until cellular immunity is impaired.…”

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Cyto-serological correlation in toxoplasma lymphadenitis: Is bypassing biopsy plausible?

Pol¹,

Patil²,

Nisar³

et al. 2021

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To study ten cases of toxoplasmic lymphadenitis (TL) in which the diagnosis was made by fine needle aspiration cytology and confirmed by subsequent serology. Retrospective study done over a period of five years. We retrieved ten cases of Toxoplasma lymphadenitis in which fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of lymph node was done after clinical examination. Serology with electrochemiluminescense was done in all the cases. The cytological features were characterised by microgranulomas, abundance of tingible body macrophages and absence of necrosis. Serologic testing for toxoplasma in all the cases revealed elevated titres. Lymphadenitis due to Toxoplasma infection should be considered in the diagnosis of unexplained lymphadenopathy at all sites, especially the cervical region. Serologic confirmation should be recommended for all suspected cases. FNAC diagnosis can eliminate the need for hospitalization and surgery. To the best of authors’ knowledge, this is 5 case series of cytodiagnosis of TL in the English literature and 2 in the Indian literature. This is the largest case series of cytodiagnosis of TL in the Indian literature and 2 largest in the world literature next to the one done by Haque et al.

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Cyto-serological correlation in toxoplasma lymphadenitis: Is bypassing biopsy plausible?

Pol¹,

Patil²,

Nisar³

et al. 2021

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“…Las manifestaciones clínicas de la infección adquirida dependen del estado inmunológico del paciente, siendo los principales signos y síntomas la fiebre, la fatiga, la cefalea, las mialgias y las adenopatías, a nivel cervical u occipital, las cuales también pueden presentarse de forma aislada sin otros síntomas acompañantes. No es usual el compromiso de las glándulas salivares (2)(3)(4). Dado que el diagnóstico clínico es difícil por la variedad de síntomas, se requieren estudios especializados, como la serología, la cual es rápida y, por lo general, muy específica (5,6).…”

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Masa parotídea de rápido crecimiento, representando un dilema diagnóstico

Duque-Fisher¹,

Sánchez²,

Martelo³

et al. 2021

Acta otorrinolaringol cir cabeza cuello

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La toxoplasmosis es una infección parasitaria con distribución mundial, cuyo huésped definitivo son los felinos. Se presenta con un cuadro clínico sintomático difuso solo en el 20 % de los pacientes inmunocompetentes. Además del malestar general,fiebre y adinamia, el hallazgo más importante lo constituye la presencia de adenopatías a nivel cervical. Describimos un caso poco común de un paciente masculino con masa parotídea izquierda de crecimiento rápido, en quien se practicó parotidectomía, a fin de descartar la enfermedad linfoproliferativa. Se comprobó compromiso porToxoplasma gondii luego de múltiples análisis.

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“…Lymphadenopathy occurs in >80% of cases of cat scratch disease and the most common affected site is the neck (43%) [7] . Cervical lymphadenopathy may occur due to infection by toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis) and is the most common affected followed by axillary lymph nodes [8] . Reactive lymph nodes may occur after immunization with vaccines and usually painful [5] , it may occur due to hypersensitivity reaction to drugs as pencillins, cephalosporins and others [3].…”

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Prevalence of Different Causes of Cervical Lymphadenopathy in Beni-Suef Localities

Fahim

Basset

Youssef

et al. 2020

Minia Journal of Medical Research

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The goal of this study to detect prevalence of different causes of persistent cervical lymphadenopathy in Beni-Suef localities. This study had been conducted at Otorhinolaryngology department and radiology department, Beni-Suef University Hospital on 100 patients suffering from cervical lymphadenopathy not responding to medical treatment for 1month or progressively increasing size of lymph node within 2 weeks in spite of medical treatment. The patients (of 1-78 years old) have done ultrasound guided tru-cut needle biopsy (89% of cases) and surgical excisional biopsy (11%). The results were 55% malignancy, 28% reactive cause, 8% TB, 3% granuloma and 6% other causes as SLE and pleomorphic adenoma.

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Toxoplasma lymphadenitis diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology: a rare finding

Abstract: Toxoplasma lymphadenitis is a common cause of lymph node enlargement. Fine-needle aspiration cytology is a useful method for diagnosing and differentiating toxoplasma lymphadenitis from more serious causes of lymphadenopathy, such as metastatic lymphadenopathy or lymphoma.

Cited by 10 publications

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Cyto-serological correlation in toxoplasma lymphadenitis: Is bypassing biopsy plausible?

Cyto-serological correlation in toxoplasma lymphadenitis: Is bypassing biopsy plausible?

Masa parotídea de rápido crecimiento, representando un dilema diagnóstico

Prevalence of Different Causes of Cervical Lymphadenopathy in Beni-Suef Localities

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