[Cervical tuberculous lymphadenopathy--a rare complication of myelodysplastic syndrome]

S Stoll; P Itin; T Bregenzer; M Wernli; M J Bargetzi

[Cervical tuberculous lymphadenopathy--a rare complication of myelodysplastic syndrome]

Praxis (Bern 1994). 2001 Nov 8;90(45):1976-9.

[Article in German]

Authors

S Stoll¹, P Itin, T Bregenzer, M Wernli, M J Bargetzi

Affiliation

¹ Zentrum für Onkologie/Hämatologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Kantonsspital Aarau.

PMID: 11817241

Abstract

Patients with myelodysplasia are susceptible to infections due to their compromised immunity. If presenting with a cervical lymphadenopathy patients must, in addition to other causes, be evaluated for tuberculosis, especially if they show a concurrent erythema nodosum.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts / chemically induced
Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts / complications*
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary / drug therapy
Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Neck
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / drug therapy
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis
Opportunistic Infections / etiology*
Ovarian Neoplasms / drug therapy
Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / etiology*