Question 219 · LDEK · Examination and diagnosis

Lymph nodes hard on palpation, bundled into packets, subject to softening and forming painless areas of fluctuation with fistulas, are typical of:

  1. A. subacute type of lymph nodes tuberculosis.
  2. B. cancer metastasis.
  3. C. lymph node reaction to actinomycosis.
  4. D. acute suppurative nonspecific lymphadenitis.
  5. E. acute tuberculosis of lymph nodes.
Hint

Think of a chronic specific infection in which hard, matted nodes caseate and form cold abscesses with fistulas.

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