Research Article

Correlation of Various Techniques in Diagnosis of Tuberculous Lymphadenitis on Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology

Table 1

Comparative chart of the results of detection of Mycobacteria by Ziehl-Neelsen, auramine-rhodamine stain, and autofluorescence in various types of needle aspirates and cytomorphological patterns in the present study.

Appearance of aspirateZNARAF

Blood mixed material081520
Pus-like material060709
Cheesy white material100808
Clear fluid000101
Cytomorphological patterns
 Granulomatous101626
 Caseating necrotising121108
 Acute inflammation with granuloma020404