[Diagnosis of tuberculosis and other peripheral lymph node diseases]

Basing on the results of their studies, analysis of 894 patients with tuberculosis of the lymph nodes and nonspecific lymphadenopathy treated in 1983-1993, medical literature, the authors investigate the place of lymphadenopathies in medical practice: new data on the patients, pathogenesis and pathomorphosis of tuberculous and nonspecific lymphadenopathies, diagnostic techniques. Updated approaches to this disease led to a 17.8% decrease in the percentage of cases with unclear etiology.