Khare Pratima, Gupta Renu, Chand Priyanka, Agarwal Swapnil
Department of Pathology, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, New Delhi, India.
J Cytol. 2015 Jul-Sep;32(3):176-80. doi: 10.4103/0970-9371.168844.
Tuberculosis is a common disease in developing countries such as India, posing a major public health problem. With human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection being a global endemic, there has been a resurgence of tuberculosis even in developed countries. Tuberculosis may affect almost any part of the body. However, tuberculosis of the calvarium is very rare. Presentation of tuberculosis as a soft tissue swelling on the scalp poses a diagnostic problem. These two cases are being reported here to convey the utility of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in providing the confirmatory diagnosis obviating the need for invasive surgical procedure.
结核病在印度等发展中国家是一种常见疾病，构成了重大的公共卫生问题。随着人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）感染成为一种全球流行病，即使在发达国家，结核病也有所复发。结核病几乎可累及身体的任何部位。然而，颅骨结核非常罕见。以头皮软组织肿胀形式出现的结核病会带来诊断难题。现报告这两例病例，以说明细针穿刺抽吸细胞学检查（FNAC）在提供确诊诊断方面的作用，从而避免进行侵入性外科手术的必要性。
