Case Report

Year : 2021 | Volume : 5 | Issue : 1 | Page : 21 - 24

Negative images of mycobacteria revisited in rapid on-site evaluation

Tummidi Santosh, Arundhathi Shankaralingappa, Pavithra Balakrishna1, Prudhvinath Reddy A2, Naresh Kumar Pannerselvam1

Departments of Pathology, 1 Surgery and 2 Radiodiagnosis, AIIMS, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India

Address for correspondence:

Dr. Tummidi Santosh, Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),

Mangalagiri ‐ 522 503, Andhra Pradesh, India.

E‐mail: born_vss@yahoo.co.in

Abstract

Rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) with routine fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a simple, economical, highly accurate tool in the diagnosis of tuberculous lesions. The sample collected can be used for ancillary studies, i.e., Ziehl–Neelsen stain, Cartridge-based nuclei acid amplification testing (CB-NAAT) and bacterial culture for confirmation of the tubercular species. We report a case of a 31-year-old male who presented with left supraclavicular lymphadenopathy. ROSE with FNAC helped in the diagnosis of the patient. FNAC is a rapid minimally invasive method for the early detection of tubercular lesions and helps in proper treatment.

Keywords: Fine-needle aspiration, mycobacteria, negative image, rapid on-site stain, Ziehl–Neelsen stain

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How to cite this article:

How to cite this article: Santosh T, Shankaralingappa A, Balakrishna P, Reddy AP, Pannerselvam NK. Negative images of mycobacteria revisited in rapid on-site evaluation. Int J Clinicopathol Correl 2021;5:21-4.