Incidence of tuberculosis and amyloidosis among sudanese patients presented with enlarged nodes

Objectives. to determine the incidence of tuberculous lymphadenitis and amyloidosis in enlarged lymph nodes (ln). methodology. a retrospective study was carried out in the department of pathology at the faculty of medicine,university of kordofan,during one-year period. the study included a group of 103 patients with lymphadenopathy. results. of the 103 cases with enlarged neck nodes,35 (34%) had tuberculous lymphadenitis. sixteen (46%) cases were males and 19 (54%) cases were females. out of the 103 patients,amyloidosis was diagnosed in 9/103 (8.7%). out of the 9 positive cases,2/9 (22.2%) were males and 7/9 (77.8%) were females. conclusion. there is high incidence of tuberculous lymphadenitis in patients with enlarged ln in developing countries like north sudan. amyloidosis should not be ignored when investigating enlarged ln. © 2014 ahmed abdalla agab eldour et al.