[Specific features of tuberculosis of peripheral lymph nodes with specific process in the respiratory organs]

102 patients with verified tuberculosis of the peripheral lymph nodes (TPLN), including 40 patients with specific process in the respiratory apparatus, were examined. The lymph nodes of the neck were found to be primarily affected in such patients (89%); by the 2nd month, conglomerates develop from such nodes, with the latter evolving into fistulas (44.4%) and into abscesses (40%). A high specificity and sensitivity of the test with the blood serum for adenosine deaminase were proven. Different types of anti-tuberculosis antibodies are isolated with various rates; therefore, it is advisable to study the answers to all serological reactions.