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Tuberculosis is a very common disease in our country. This retrospective histopathological study was designed to assess the distribution of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in various organs through examination of biopsy specimens. A total of 216 specimens were diagnosed as tubercular lesion by histopathological evaluation in the Department of pathology, Community Based Medical College and a private laboratory during the period from January 2014 to December 2014. Mean age of the case was 32 years. Majority of the cases were female (126 out of 216). Lymph nodes were the most common site of EPTB (62.96%) followed by skin and subcutaneous tissue (17.59%), intestine (11.11%), breast (2.77%), female genital tract (2.31%), male genital tract (1.38%), bone and joint (1.85%). Out of 136 cases of tubercular lymphadenitis, 96(70.58%) were cervical, 18(13.23%) were axillary, 12(3.82%) were mesenteric and 10(7.35%) were inguinal. This study reveals, in our locality, EPTB is very common in adulthood with female preponderance. Cervical lymph node is very common sites for EPTB.
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Linfadenite , Tuberculose dos Linfonodos , Tuberculose , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Linfonodos , Masculino , Estudos Retrospectivos , Tuberculose/diagnóstico , Tuberculose/patologia , Tuberculose dos Linfonodos/diagnóstico , Tuberculose dos Linfonodos/patologiaRESUMO
The aim of the project is to introduce and implement in medical practice a fuzzy expert system specialized in the non-invasive diagnosis of myocardial ischemia. The system is able to embed and process medical knowledge independently of the way it is expressed (quantitatively or qualitatively, numerically or linguistically). It implements a novel medical diagnostic technique, has minimal computational requirements, performs an accurate diagnosis, is flexible and user-friendly. It is currently being tested in health care institutions and is used as a tool for different analyses and studies.
