Journal Reviews

Core or fine needle assessment in lymphadenopathy and salivary gland tumours

1 March 2019 | | Head and Neck | cervical lymphadenopathy, core-needle biopsy, salivary gland tumour

This paper from the Republic of Korea analyses 278 patients retrospectively, 112 of which underwent fine need aspiration and 166 core needle biopsies. Eleven patients had indeterminate fine needle aspiration cytology, six of whom had an additional core biopsy. The...

AM and the neck

1 September 2016 | | lymphadenitis, Mycobacterium atypical, BCG, lymphadenopathy, parotitis, clarithromycin

Infections with atypical mycobacteria (AM) are increasing, especially with the decline in BCG immunisation. The most frequent presentation is a lymphadenopathy in an immunocompetent child. This poses a difficult diagnostic challenge if the clinician is not aware of this entity....