Granulomatous lymphadenopathy and tuberculosis: accuracy of histology
Frédéric Méchaï1, Lou Macaux2, Florence Jeny3
1Department of Infectious Diseases, Avicenne Hospital, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Seine-Saint-Denis, Bobigny, France; IAME, INSERM UMR 1137, Université Paris Cité, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Paris, France.
Objectives:
Due to the insufficient sensitivity of microbiological tests, histology may be helpful for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), especially extrapulmonary TB.
Methods:
We used the database of the pathology laboratory from 2019 to 2023. We retrospectively analyzed the etiologies of lymph nodes finding epithelioid granuloma and their performance in diagnosing TB.
Results:
We analyzed the files of epithelioid granulomas for 220 distinct patients. The main etiologies retained were sarcoidosis (n = 110; 50%), TB (n = 86; 39%), and bartonellosis (n = 4; 1.8%). The 74 granulomas with caseous necrosis were distributed between TB (n = 66; 89%), bartonellosis (n = 3; 4.1%), sarcoidosis (n = 2; 2.7%), histoplasmosis (n = 1; 1.4%), or remained undefined (n = 2; 2.7%). For the diagnosis of the 86 TB (55 certain and 31 probable), the caseous necrosis variable had a sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of 77%, 94%, 89%, and 86% respectively.
Conclusions:
Histology confirms its accuracy for the diagnosis of TB and allows to quickly initiate a probabilistic treatment for suspected TB without microbiological documentation.
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