TB of lymphnode

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Introduction Tuberculosis of lymphnode or TB lymphnode is also known as Tuberculous lymphadenitis (or tuberculous adenitis) is the most common form of tuberculosis infections that appears outside the lungs(extra pulmonary). Tuberculous lymphadenitis is a chronic, specific granulomatous inflammation of the lymph node with caseation necrosis, caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis or related species of Mycobacterium.The lymph node TB usually causes a painful swelling of one or more lymph nodes. Most often, the disease is localized to the anterior or posterior cervical chains (70-90%) or supra clavicular.The cervical spine (neck region) consists of seven bones (C1-C7 vertebrae), which are separated