TOXOPLASMA LYMPHADENOPATHY: CYTO-PATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS ON FNAC

Pomilla Singh, Dr Siddhant Khare

Abstract


Toxoplasmosis, including congenital toxoplasmosis, is disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular parasite. The disease is found worldwide. Infections with Toxoplasmosis cause no obvious symptoms in adults. Occasionally there can be flu like symptoms like muscle ache and lymph-adenopathy for a few weeks. Rarely there can be eye problems. However, in cases with compromised immune system, there can be seizures, poor co-ordination and other problems.

We report here an unusual case of Toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent 58 years old adult male who presented to us with multiple swellings on the right side of the neck. Detailed clinical examination and laboratory investigations were within normal range. The treating physician suspecting lymphoma / tubercular lymphadenitis referred the patient for fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). Cyto-pathological examination of Giemsa stained FNAC smear demonstrated Toxoplasma gondii in one of the lymph nodes. The serology was consistent with the diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis. FNAC helped in establishing the diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis.

Keywords


Toxoplasmosis; Toxoplasma Gondii ; Lymphadenopathy; FNAC

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