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Medical Journal of Cairo University [The]. 1994; 62 (4): 1025-1028
in English
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ABSTRACT
Fine needle aspiration biopsy [FNA] is alternative to excision biopsy in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Biopsy materials from 45 cases were studied by both Z-N stain and cultures. Z-N stain was positive in 27 cases out of 45 [60%], cultures were positive in 35 cases out of 45[78%]