From: DailyQuestion@...
Date: April 18, 2009 7:12:31 AM EDT
To: glennskow@...
Subject: EMedHome Question of the Day

The EMedHome Question of the Day is:

About 15% of cases of TB present with extrapulmonary disease, and of those roughly 50% are centered in the lymph nodes. Scrofula makes up about 60% of these cases of TB. What is scrofula?

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The Answer is:

Scrofula is tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis. Lymphadenitis is the most common extrapulmonary presentation of TB, and the cervical region is the most common site (Can J Emerg Med, Vol. 9: 176-9).


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