Where to look for AFB in FNA Smears from tuberculous lymph nodes

Where to look for AFB in FNA Smears from tuberculous lymph nodes

Demonstration of acid fast bacilli (AFB) is essential for the definitive cytodiagnosis of tuberculosis. However, it is not seen in all cases of tuberculosis, being more commonly observed in necrotic lesions. Tuberculosis shows a spectrum of lesions that form a continuum extending from good immunity...

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Main Author: Dev Prasoon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Cytology
Subjects:
Acid fast bacilli
eosinophilic structure
FNAC
tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2018;volume=35;issue=3;spage=170;epage=172;aulast=Prasoon

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